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TIL Shakespeare's accent was (probably) closer to American English than British English

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nW4pB TIL about the Council of Appointment, a government body of NY that existed from 1777-1822. It was made up of the Governor and 4 state senators, and could appoint officials which weren't provided a means of selection by the Constitution. This included cabinet members, judges, and mayors.
Egd5d TIL in the 1980s, Black Sabbath manager Don Arden was quite hostile towards the band's ex-vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, who had recently married his daughter Sharon, and was fond of telling Osbourne that his children resembled the baby on the cover of the album "Born Again".
LRrv TIL an epidemic of contagious laughter broke out in Tanzania in 1962, which lasted over six months and affected thousands of people
0wGxL TIL The 1958 Latin Translation of Winnie the Pooh, Winnie ille Pu, became the first and only book ever published in Latin to make it to the New York Times Bestseller List.
xVnaD TIL that the Japanese Zero fighter plane was named from the last digit of the Japanese Imperial year 2600 when it entered service