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TIL the Apple calendar only dates years as far back as 1583.

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WBLX TIL the word “apron” was originally “napron” but “a napron” shifted to “an apron”.
ANMRl Til in season 8 of Diff’rent Stokes Actress Beverly Brown played the role of a high school junior at age 62
wogpM TIL that the Danube River flows through more countries than any other river on Earth, 10 in total. It begins in the mountains of Germany and winds its way through much of Eastern Europe before emptying into the Black Sea in Ukraine.
GYlj4 TIL Curious George, the beloved children's book and its authors, escaped the Nazis and the Holocaust by escaping France by bicycle. Margaret and H.A. Rey biked 439 miles from Paris to the Spain border with little else besides their unpublished manuscript about a mischievous monkey.
rNnky TIL that during and after the Manhattan Project, the US government would inject unknowing subjects with radioactive materials to see how they reacted. Out of a likely 30 subjects, only 1 signed a consent form, which DID NOT fully explain the procedure and risks