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TIL that there are very few figurative statues in honour of enslaved people in the entire Caribbean - only 6!

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mxEaY TIL that Aztecs were one of the few ancient civilizations where education was mandatory for everyone, boys and girls from all social status were educated at home and later at schools (although the kind of school depended on gender and class)
oRPZo TIL About how "Joe Theismann," came to be pronounced, "Joe Heismann," after the trophy
0dJWp TIL A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus. It rotates incredibly slowly on its axis, taking about 243 Earth days, while it completes an orbit around the Sun in around 225 Earth days.
grv9 TIL Coca-cola thinks “no consumer could reasonably be misled into thinking Vitaminwater was a healthy beverage”
QJoxX TIL That the longest piece of literature is a Super Smash Bros. Fanfiction, that has over 4,000,000 words and 220+ chapters.