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TIL in 1815 B.C. it took about a year for Sumerian scribes to learn how to multiply. They also signed and dated their homework.

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yQmoJ TIL It is believed the first Japanese citizen to set foot in America was Oguri Jukichi, captain of a freighter that was sailing off the Japanese coast in 1813 when a storm blew it deep into the Pacific Ocean. Two years later, they were rescued off the coast of California and returned to Japan.
XEwX8 TIL In 1974, China's Chairman Hua walked into a Middle School in Beijing to participate in a parents' meeting. After he was recognized by the parents, he smilingly refused to be seated on the dais, preferring a chair among the parents instead, making a humble impression before making a moving speech
kxrg TIL - Lethal Weapon (1987) was the first movie to ever use a cell phone in a scene
mQmO TIL in Sid Meier’s Civilisation an underflow glitch caused Ghandi to become a nuclear obsessed warlord
nK5G TIL that a chest CT scan exposes patients to 250-350 times more radiation than a chest X-ray