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TIL an indigenous empire called the Purépechas (Tarascan Empire) denied an alliance request from their rivals, the Aztecs, when Hernan Cortez first arrived in present-day Mexico City.

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j69ap TIL Lake Baikal contains 22–23% of the world's fresh surface water (more than all of the North American Great Lakes combined)
WBpd TIL in 1987, a former airline worker shot his boss mid-flight, causing the stewardess to tell the pilot “We have a problem!”. The pilot asked “What kind of problem?” and at that moment, the man shot the stewardess dead & announced “I’m the problem” before murdering the pilots and crashing the plane
NXemQ TIL that John Wilkes Booth attended the hanging of abolitionist leader John Brown. Booth stood near the scaffold and afterwards expressed great satisfaction with Brown's fate, although he admired the condemned man's bravery in facing death stoically.
YOr7 TIL James Earl Jones was a functional mute until high school, briefly studied pre-med in college and was a US Army Ranger during the Korean War.
0GVM TIL Corn starch (a common thickening agent in foods), will spike your blood sugar level faster than pure sugar.