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TIL only a slim majority of Americans realize Puerto Ricans are American citizens.

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MeyjA TIL about the Nuremberg Chronicle, an ambitious history of the world published in 1493, with over 300 pages and 2,000 illustrations. Six blank pages are reserved at the end to record events from 1493 to Judgment Day.
grMx7 TIL in Jekyll Island Georgia, if you own a home you don't own the land.
KdY6 TIL deaf infants exposed to sign language from birth acquire these language skills on the same timetable that hearing babies acquire spoken language.
MZvB TIL that Tim Burton’s movie, “Mars Attacks” was inspired by an ultra violent trading card set made by pulp novel cover artist Norman Saunders. He made the move very true to the cards as well.
RVg4 TIL the assassination of the Archduke of Austria, which set off WWI, was due to a wrong turn. After a first failed attempt and the conspirators giving up on the mission, the Archduke decided to visit the injured in the hospital and accidentally drove past one of them after taking a wrong turn.