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TIL that the Colony of Surinam or Willoughbyland(now Suriname) was traded for New Amsterdam(now Manhattan) under the Treaty of Westminster of 1674 between the Netherlands and England

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j6AAa TIL narwhals can dive over 1,800 meters (5,905 feet) deep, and do so multiple times a day
xLa5 TIL that in english, the name of every number shares a letter with each neighbor. One shares an O with two, which shares a T with three, which shares an R with four, which shares an F with five, which shares an I with six – and so on indefinitely.
wmp8 TIL on Valentine’s day 2014, an unnamed man sabotaged a special screening of “Beijing Love Story” by booking every odd seat in the theater, preventing couples from sitting together
dDMDE TIL that the first movie depicting the sinking of the Titanic was released just 29 days after the tragedy, and even starred an actual survivor.
4k8Za TIL 18th century painter Theodoor Wilkens was sketching the ruins of an town in Rome with a crowd watching him. The crowd's movement on the edge of the town caused a building to collapse. The crowd concluded that he was practicing witchcraft and he had to storm out of the city.