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TIL the earliest recorded known use of the arrow symbol (“→”) was in 1737

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M7Qr7 TIL that "ꙮ" is a letter. It's called Multiocular O
WkR5N TIL about the James Bond comedy from 1967, titled Casino Royale starring David Niven as the aging "original" Bond
4wNR TIL that unlike fruit, the term vegetable is not botanical, but is largely defined by culinary and cultural tradition.
DQKJg TIL the American debt in 1946 was over 106% of the nation's GDP
BrPWk TIL the song "Hotel California" by The Eagles has no real meaning. The band wanted to create "sort of like an episode of the Twilight Zone", and ""We decided to create something strange, just to see if we could do it".