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TIL Ocracoke has a dialect similar to Elizabethan English. Sadly it’s almost extinct.

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16KNO TIL that the world’s first postage stamp, the Penny Black, was issued on 1 May 1840. Featuring a portrait of 15-year-old Queen Victoria, it revolutionised mail. Over 68 million were printed, and until 1854, when perforations were introduced, each had to be cut out by hand with scissors.
R7d97 TIL the collective term for a group of sharks is a shiver of sharks
KElE TIL if you polish an ancient sword that’s been used in battle, even a 2000 year old sword, it literally bleeds out the blood of the people it’s been used on, which “smells like a steak cooking”.
yVdQX TIL that every year, on average, the Earth gains 45,000 tons of mass due to micrometeorites and space dust, but loses 100,000 tons due to loss of atmospheric gases. It also loses 65 tons per year due to the launch of spacecraft on escape trajectories.
rl14 TIL Mr. Snuffleupagus’s first name is Aloysius. Aloysius Snuffleupagus.