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TIL Queen Elizabeth II, despite being female, holds the title of Duke of Lancaster.

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neAjr TIL about metal coffins in the 1800’s that had a window so you could see the deceased’s face. Used mainly to deter grave robbers and endorsed by a President.
a51y TIL that Miyamoto Musashi, 17th century Japanese swordsman, would almost always arrive late to duels, irritating his opponent in the process. Miyamoto won two duels this way. Upon his next duel, he arrived early, and ambushed the force that was assembling to ambush him.
DGDe TIL in 2009 a Hungarian art historian, while watching the movie Stuart Little with his daughter, spotted a long-lost avant-garde painting in the background. The painting was bought by a set designer in a Pasadena antiques shop for “next to nothing”, and later sold for $285,700 at an auction.
loRnV TIL: Cassette tapes as a format has been kept alive by a unique demographic, US prison inmates
N7j98 TIL that scientists are and have been working on ways to record dreams. They have even recorded shapes through and other images through fMRI machines. One day soon, maybe we can record our dreams.