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TIL that Shakespeare was the first to use many words with the prefix “un” (such as unreal, undress, uneducated, unmitigated, unchanging, etc) in print or on stage.

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LQRGp TIL that Nauru, the world’s smallest republic at 21 sq km, has no official capital city. This tiny island nation in Micronesia once had huge wealth from phosphate mining but faced economic collapse after the resources ran out.
dQ6r TIL the Queen of England can veto any law she doesn’t like and has real powers to dissolve Parliament, choose a new Prime Minister and even declare war.
E1JG7 TIL that SNL’s Vanessa Bayer was so sick as a child that she and her family got sent to Hawaii by the Make-A-Wish Foundation
nPlP TIL Black Holes “Sing”, producing a B-flat sound wave 57 octaves below middle-C from their jets.
YPQB TIL Lt James Launders is the only submarine commander in history to have engaged and destroyed an enemy submarine during time of war using only his own un-aided vessel while both ships were fully submerged