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TIL Delaware was founded by Swedes and Finns in the 1630s. Both Sweden and Finland issued stamps in 1938 to commemorate it.

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pY0EN TIL during the filming of Gladiator, Oliver Reed (who played Proximo) died in a bar after challenging a group of sailors to a drinking contest. Some of his scenes had to be finished with CGI.
v1gdx TIL that many people carved various things on the walls of Hagia Sophia throughout the centuries. These runes were carved by a Viking general who is presumed to have gotten bored during the mass and carved "Halvdan was here" on a marble slab.
yQ8me TIL in 1971 Afeni Shakur, a pregnant member of the Black Panther Party, was accused with 20 others of conspiracy to carry out a bombing in New York. Facing a 300 year sentence, she decided to represent herself in court and after a lengthy trial was acquitted. 1 month later her son Tupac was born.
eKxn TIL Stairwells in medieval castles curved very narrowly and clockwise. Attackers coming up the stairs had sword hands (right hand) against the interior curve of the wall and made it very difficult to swing their swords. Defenders had their sword hands on the outside wall giving much room to swing.
OoxMY TIL The same week Anne Heche was cast in her first starring role Touchstone Pictures fired her after she made a red carpet appearance on the arm of Ellen DeGeneres, who she'd met just days earlier. Harrison Ford used his influence to get her rehired, but the damage to her career was already done.