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TIL that the Dwarves in the Tolkien universe are supposed to represent Jewish people. Tolkien stated:“The Dwarves of course are quite obviously—wouldn’t you say that in many ways they remind you of the Jews? Their words are Semitic obviously, constructed to be Semitic.”

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yQOJp TIL of Queen Isabella; frustrated, humiliated and tired of her husband; fled England, tricked him to send their son, invaded England with her lover (enemy and fugitive of her husband) and defeated him.
vPVbK TIL that the infamous (Sylvia Plath) suicide technique of sticking one's head in an oven was not a hot, violent affair. Rather, ovens used to run on "town gas" that had high carbon monoxide, and putting your head in an unlit oven was a rather peaceful way to go.
d8JvQ TIL that software no longer being sold or supported is referred to as “Abandonware” and falls in a grey area regarding copyright, allowing sites like this to provide downloads for tons of nostalgic titles including Oregon Trail and the old Harry Potter games
Brggy TIL that the Netherlands is the second largest food exporter in the world
wKg7 TIL that Alex the parrot was a long term Harvard experiment that had a myriad of acquired skills… the last words of this parrot were “You be good, see you tomorrow. I love you.”