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TIL The 38th book in the Oz (Wizard of Oz) book series, written in 1949, entered the public domain in 1977, but the 39th Oz book, written in 1951, won't enter the public domain until 2047.

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nW9VG TIL the Siege of Sarajevo lasted 1,425 days, the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare.
4kAkX TIL- In ww1 planes forward firing gun was synchronized with the propeller to fire through the propeller
d84ZB TIL Simon. Simon was the ship's cat who served on the Royal Navy sloop HMS Amethyst. In 1949, during the Yangtze Incident, he received the PDSA's Dickin Medal after surviving injuries from a cannon shell, raising morale, and killing off a rat infestation during his service.
KWGB TIL of the “Petticoat duel”; in 1792, Lady Almeria Braddock challenged Mrs. Elphinstone to a duel in London’s Hyde Park over remarks the latter made about the former’s true age; they dueled with pistols, then with swords, until Mrs. E agreed to write Lady A an apology.
LQdXP TIL Nintendo released a Fire Emblem game for the SNES in 2000, long after the SNES became obsolete