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TIL Daniel Day-Lewis, who has won more “Best Actor” Oscars than anyone else, retired from acting in 2017.

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LkbA0 TIL : The Ark Of The Covenant is claimed to be located in the church St. Mary of Zion in Aksum, Ethiopia. A guardian monk is appointed for life by his predecessor and then confined to the chapel of the Ark of the Covenant for the rest of his life, praying before it and offering incense.
rvde TIL of the Byford Dolphin diving bell accident, where a human error caused a decompression chamber to go from 9 atmospheres of pressure to 1 in less than a second. Out of the 5 dead, one was ripped apart so violently pieces of him were found over 30 feet away.
9w647 TIL that "Steven Universe" creator Rebecca Sugar considers the Gems, an alien species of sentient rocks in the television show, to be neurodivergent: "I think it makes perfect sense that [they] would be relatable to neurodiverse and autistic members of our audience."
ADmxx TIL the flag of the East India Company is said to have inspired the Grand Union Flag of 1775, ultimately inspiring the current flag of the United States. Mysorean rockets were also used in the Battle of Baltimore, and are mentioned in The Star Spangled Banner: "And the rockets' red glare..."
7e8O TIL that Vermont abolished slavery in 1777, while still an independent nation. This means Vermont was both the first state, and the first nation in the Americas to abolish the institution of slavery.