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TIL Fatima. a city in Portugal is named after a kidnapped Muslim princess who fell in love with a Christian knight. married him and converted to Christianity then she changed her name,

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E1RkX TIL Rosa Parks visited the set of the hilarious and heartwarming show “227”.
ep6YD TIL that four days after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, another fire burned through New York's State Capitol, which destroyed vast holdings of the State Library and Museum and killed a watchman. The two fires have been described as a "one-two punch" that led to fire safety reform in New York.
7g9p TIL that Glenn Burke was not only the first openly gay major league baseball player, but is also credited with inventing the high five in 1977
R7bPa TIL the phenomenon where you see faces in things (i.e. "The Man On The Moon" or cars) is called Pareidolia
We64 TIL when asked what future technology they would most like to have, young adults answered “time travel” more than any age group, while 30-to-49-year-olds wanted robot servants more than any other age group. Senior citizens were the least interested in time travel.