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TIL the actress with the most Primetime Emmy Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards is Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

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kORpg TIL of Willie James Howard, a 15 year old African-American boy who was lynched for writing a love letter to a white girl. No charges were ever brought against his killers.
6EYll TIL of the murder of Emmett Till and that the two men accused of his murder and were acquitted, then admitted to the murder but were protected by the Double Jeopardy laws.
1aj7r TIL about the Seal of Solomon, a signet ring attributed to King Solomon in medieval Arabic tradition. It is the predecessor of the Star of David, and gave Solomon the power to command demons, jinn (genies) and spirits, or to speak with animals.
4OGa TIL that in 1808, a gentleman’s duel took place at 2,000 ft. in hot air balloons. Each man attempted to destroy the others balloon.
neGPd TIL that if she is still reigning in four years' time, Queen Elizabeth II will become history's longest-reigning monarch.