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TIL Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda was named after Zelda Fitzgerald, the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald

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woljE TIL of an attempt to establish the first English settlement in America in 1587 -- before Jamestown -- called the Roanoke Colony. When a ship visited the settlement in 1590, the town was found deserted with the word "Croatoan" carved on a post. The whereabouts of the 117 colonists remains unknown.
gM0pW TIL of Qin Shi Huang the 1st emperor of China. Obsessed with immortality he sent out quests for magicians & searched for powerful mountains to give him long life. Reportedly, he died from poisoning due to ingesting mercury pills, made by his physicians believing it to be an elixir of immortality.
NXZOJ TIL of Captain Bligh, who traveled 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) on a 23ft (7.0m) launch with eighteen of his loyal men after mutineers took over his ship, HMS Bounty.
QNyok TIL Taiwan has won more Little League World Series than any team, with 60. Second-most is SoCal with only 19.
1vMd TIL There is a newly discovered cave fish with its anus on it’s head. It’s possible that it poops sperm into it’s mouth to fertilize eggs through it’s gills.