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TIL That C. Boycott was a English land agent who the Irish shunned so bad that he became a verb

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6EdkX TIL that "May God have mercy upon your soul" is a phrase used in courts by judges pronouncing a sentence of death upon a person found guilty of a crime that requires a death sentence. It is a way to attribute God as the higher authority of law & judges did not have the authority to destroy souls.
ELLx TIL That NASA pilots routinely intercepted and defeated U.S. Navy Phantom IIs in mock dogfights, until complaints from the Navy put an end to the harassment.
9YdvG TIL about the Antikythera mechanism, an Analogue Computer from 100 BC used to predict astronomical positions for calendars decades in advance.
yMpX TIL Canadian written, Anne of Green Gables, has been in Japan’s school curriculum since 1952 and every year, many Japanese tourists travel to the province of Prince Edward Island, to visit the Green Gable farmhouse.
DWoP TIL Nobuo Uematsu, the original composer of the Final Fantasy series, was voted into the top 20 of the Classic FM Hall of Fame. Higher than at least 1 Beethoven work.