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TIL Blackbeard was only an active pirate for two years

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Vg6Q TIL that because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
lEaG TIL Sir Arthur Conan Doyle originally killed off Sherlock Holmes so he could focus on his historical novels. Conan Doyle reluctantly brought Holmes back after enduring eight years of public pressure.
alx9 TIL; there have been at least 9 confirmed political assassinations in the United States since 2000
WkJrL TIL In 1974, the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis published a paper titled "The Unsuccessful Self-Treatment of a Case of 'Writer's Block.'" It contained a total of zero words outside of the title and formatting.
Lk94Z TIL from 1933 to 1975 it was illegal for Americans to own Gold.