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TIL that Ancient Greek was the official language of Greece until 1976.

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R7896 TIL of the largest nuclear test conducted in outer space. Starfish Prime, a July 9, 1962 high-altitude nuclear test conducted by the United States was launched from Johnston Island. The resulting EMP damage shut down communications, street lights and set off burglar alarms in the Hawaiian islands.
gkK8 TIL that the kings in regular playing cards refer to specific historical kings.
EWNo TIL: of Willem Arondeus, a Homosexual Dutch anti-Nazi fighter who bombed the Amsterdam Public Records Office to hinder the Nazi identification of Jews. He was arrested & executed. His last words were, “Let it be known that homosexuals are not cowards.”
4QGR TIL The scene in Spiderman (2002) where Peter Parker catches Mary Jane’s tray in the school cafeteria does not have any CGI. The whole thing was actually done by Tobey Maguire himself. It took him 156 takes to get it perfectly.
m6ay TIL Thomas Jefferson wrote the original draft of the Declaration of Independence over only a few hectic days while seated at his usual table in the Indian Queen Tavern in Philadelphia, drinking Madeira wine