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TIL In 1609 the Kingdom Of Spain expelled hundreds of thousands of Moriscos, people of muslim ancestry who had converted to christianity, partialy because of a racial doctrine called "purity of blood". In some regions over 30% of the total population were expelled, devastating the local economy

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x64Mw TIL that more automobiles are made in Canada that are made in Italy. Based on worldwide production, 1.7% of the cars are made in Canada and only 0.9% in Italy. Of the 93.5 M cars produced, the three largest producing countries were China at 32.3%, the USA 11.3% and Japan 9.6%.
16Z9W TIL about The Twilight Zone Accident in 1982 where a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter crashed at Indian Dunes in Valencia, California during the making of Twilight Zone: The Movie. The crash decapitated actor Vic Morrow and two children who were on the ground, and injured six helicopter passengers.
9YgWX TIL How William Shakespeare’s name is spelled is unknown, even to himself. His contemporaries spelled it more than 80 different ways, including “Shappere” and “Shaxberd”. It turns out, he never used “William Shakespeare” once
w0b7 TIL that even though Froot Loops are different colors they are all the same flavor
epxRb TIL Wired telegraph sounders didn't emit beeps. Instead, the signal was fed to an electromagnet which caused a spring-loaded lever to emit clicks for "on" and "off"