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TIL that the Queen of Denmark illustrated the artwork for the Danish edition of The Lord of the Rings

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bYZN TIL the Bios Urn turns the ashes from a person’s cremation into a tree by using them as a nutrient source for a seed
VMm6m TIL the QWERTY keyboard layout was created in the early 1870s for typewriters. It was purposely designed to slow the user down so the typewriter keys wouldn't jam. 150 years later, we are still using the same keyboard design even though we don't have to worry about keys jamming.
8e9o8 TIL The Anāl people are a tribe found in Manipur, India, and in Myanmar. They speak their own language, Anāl.
VMax4 TIL about James Thurber, author of 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' was cartoonist in New Yorker who got injured on one eye in childhood and lost vision from the other eye too. But he started seeing hallucinations and it is believed, they were the source of most of his illustrations.
X09bP TIL about Empedocles, the 5th-century BC philosopher, who reportedly jumped into Mount Etna to prove his immortality. However, his plan failed when the volcano spat out one of his bronze sandals, revealing he had perished.