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TIL of the General Strike of 1842 when English workers went on strike, demanding their government act in their interest.

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97Mp TIL that a U.S. court once debated whether the X-Men are human or not, because “dolls”- which represent human beings - are tariffed at twice the rate of “toys” - which represent something other than human (monsters, robots, etc.). The court decided that X-men are not human.
6EQjW The most expensive place to live in the world Is a tiny island in the Atlantic. The coastal capital of Hamilton, Bermuda, has the highest cost of living in the world, according to Numbeo’s mid-year Cost of Living Index.
yVANV TIL that in 18th century Russia there was a black African man called Abram Petrovich Gannibal. Freed from slavery and adopted by Peter the Great as his godson, he reached the status of nobility - with one of his great-grandsons being Alexander Pushkin, one of the greatest Russian writers in history.
gr59b TIL about the Seikilos epitaph, considered the oldest musical composition ever found. The stone contains a song, a poem and a dedication from a man named Seikilos to a woman named Euterpe.
R7jEa TIL There was once an academic club called the Askesian Society. It's existence was dedicated promotion of scientific thinking and the use of nitrous oxide.