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TIL that in 1599, a Spanish governor in early colonial Ecuador was executed by having molten gold poured down his throat.

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AeYB TIL that on July 1, 2016 volunteers dressed as World War I soldiers appeared across the UK as part of Battle of the Somme commemorations. The ‘soldiers’ silently handed cards to passers by, each bearing the name of a soldier who died at the Somme on 1st July 1916.
woY7E TIL Armadillos got their name from the Aztec word meaning "turtle-rabbit"
x6Xgo TIL that in addition to using the stars, Micronesians navigated the Pacific by recognizing and interpreting different type of ocean swells, even using them to pinpoint the existence of islands hundreds of miles away. Marshallese islanders additionally made stick maps of these ocean swell patterns.
oBlwW TIL the nokia 3210 was the first phone to sell 100 million units. It spotted the first mass market internal antenna, there games, and had a standby time of up to 11 days
AN6N7 TIL: Gunpei Yokoi was a legendary game designer at Nintendo who designed the GameBoy and produced Metroid. His design philosophy was "Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology" which emphasizes fun novel gameplay over new tech. He died after getting hit by a 2nd car when he exited to inspect damage.