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TIL There are DVDs made of stone that last 1000 years and can be read by most standard players.

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0wgYR TIL that the act of scaling defensive walls or ramparts with the aid of ladders, a prominent and dangerous siege warfare tactic in medieval times, is called "Escalade"
N7446 TIL Steinway & Sons (1853) pianos are handcrafted and take a year to build. The company's 600,000th piano was built in 2015 with an inlaid Fibonacci design in the lid. It is valued at $2.4 million.
d8Vn8 TIL that in 2008 the King of Norway knighted a penguin called Nils Olav III that lives at Edinburgh Zoo. The King described him as a penguin "in every way qualified to receive the honour and dignity of knighthood". He is a Brigadier and Colonel-in-Chief in the Norwegian army.
aVe0 TIL: The Christian Children’s Fund once turned down a $17,398 donation because it was associated with Dungeons and Dragons.
E1wyW TIL Michael and Joy Brown gave their friend a paid year off in 1956 to write a book. Their friend was Harper Lee and she wrote “To Kill a Mockingbird”