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TIL the Vinland Map, once believed to be a pre-Columbian map proving Vikings knew of North America before Columbus, was confirmed as a 20th-century forgery through advanced ink analysis and dating techniques.

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ok1E TIL that all 6 American flags on the moon have turned completely white.
E1OlV TIL that Princess Diana's late boyfriend Dodi Al-Fayed, who was also in the fatal car crash in 1997, was first cousins with Jamal Khashoggi.
9xrB TIL cellphones in Japan can’t turn off the shutter noise in order to protect the privacy of people.
WkQXB TIL in 1906, the U.S. Supreme Court conducted its only criminal trial following the lynching of Ed Johnson, a black man whose habeus corpus petition was pending before the Supreme Court. The Sheriff holding Johnson was charged and convicted of contempt.
b6nOj TIL the first European tropical colonial outpost was the town of Ribeira Grande (now Cidade Velha) founded in 1462 by Portugal, six years after they discovered Cabo Verde.