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TIL of the Dunstable Swan Jewel. A gold & enamel swan brooch made in England or France in about 1400. It’s presumed to have been intended as a livery badge given by an important figure to his supporters; probably the future Henry V of England, who was Prince of Wales in 1399.

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neXQP TIL the HMS Belfast, which served in D-Day and fought in the Korean War, expected to be scrapped in 1967, so the Imperial War Museum, the National Maritime Museum, and the Ministry of Defence all decided that it'd be preserved. Now, it is a museum on the River Thames.
v1KmL TIL about China's biggest drug bust. A 'Breaking Bad' village in China that had 77 Meth labs and 20% of the villagers involved in the production and supply of more than a third of China's Meth output. The local police protected the operation and used police vehicles to move drugs around.
OoXWg TIL in the year 2000, a Hawaiian dj unsuccessfully procured a promo album from MCA Records, so he he ended up downloading it off of Napster. He heard "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy on that album, loved it, played it a lot on the radio, and it blew up in Hawaii before anywhere else.
P1WwZ TIL that Forrest Mars Sr., the person who turned Mars, Inc. into a candy empire, retired in 1973 at age 69 in Vegas. Seven years later, he founded Ethel M Chocolates out of boredom. The company would reached annual sales of 150M within a few year, and eventually got acquired back by Mars, Inc.
KOMKE TIL That, despite the relative rarity of ring galaxies, our photograph of Hoag's Object reveals yet another ring galaxy in the background.