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TIL about Esperanto, a constructed international auxiliary language created in the late 19th century, designed to foster peace and international understanding by being easy to learn and culturally neutral.

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69Eem TIL that from 2004 to 2005, the constituency of Basingstoke in Southern England was represented by the DUP, a Northern Irish political party when its MP, Andrew Hunter, defected to them
v1gpr TIL that "Ukraine" roughly means "Borderlands", and was referred to as "the Ukraine" during Soviet times, but no longer.
Wkrr4 TIL that at the end of the Cuban revolution, Fidel Castro was interviewed on the Ed Sullivan show. Ed called them "a wonderful group of revolutionary youngsters"
Bx4d TIL of Dave Shaw. A deep-water diver who,while trying to break the world record for diving,found the body of another diver who had been missing for 10 years.
7vXx TIL an anonymous donor sent two Bronze Age axes and two pieces of rare Viking jewelry to the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. The museum believes the items were illegally excavated.