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TIL one of the convict ships to Australia in the early 1800s was just called "Dick"

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J1DM8 TIL in 1950 some Scottish students stole back the Stone of Scone, a Scottish relic seized by an English king centuries ago. Upon seeing it gone, authorities closed the Scottish border for the first time in 400 years, but once they caught the students, they decided not to prosecute, fearing backlash.
R7pp7 TIL that in the 1880s and 1890s, 'dude’ was another word for ‘dandy’. In 1888 New York socialite and Chow dog enthusiast Evander Berry Wall (1861-1940), dubbed King of the Dudes, won a 'Battle of the Dudes' twice. He owned 5000 neckties and once changed clothes 40 times between breakfast and dinner.
R9Y8 TIL that in South Korea, baseball has cheerleaders
EgK6V TIL that the drinking age in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands is 18
ZJNv TIL That the fedora wearing neck beard meme is Gordon Crisp from Freaks and Geeks!