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TIL about Nassau: Republic of Pirates | The Pirates Port

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4LD6 TIL Franklin W. Dixon, author of The Hardy Boys, DOESN’T EXIST. It’s just a nom de plume given to various ghostwriters.
oRloA TIL about a black Alaskan wolf named Romeo who loved to play with dogs, was friendly with humans, got killed by poachers who got a slap on the wrist thanks to Alaska’s lax laws on killing wolves, and is on display at a permanent exhibit at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center in Juneau
P1arw TIL the French and Spanish have a 600yr old peace treaty requiring payment of 3 cows each year
D10Ep TIL walking before solving a problem improves your creativity by an average of 60%.
jNPva TIL Jackie Kennedy once wrote an essay to Vogue for a competition, where the winner would win an editor position for six months in New York and six months in Paris. Out of more than 1,200 entries her essay won, but she quit on her first day.