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TIL the US signed a treaty in 1977 banning the use of weather modification techniques for warfare.

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648W TIL Rose Leslie (Ygritte in Game of Thrones) grew up in Lickleyhead Castle, her family’s 15th century ancestral seat in Aberdeen Scotland. She is a descendant of Charles II.
krOd TIL that after the Civil War many wealthy Confederate families fled to Brazil, today many Southern cultures and traditions can still be seen in the descendants of these “Confederados”
dD0wr TIL that the phrase "Taco Tuesday" is trademarked by Taco John's, a restaurant in the US midwest and north.
VGRp TIL ‘you’ was plural but used for singular, not the reverse. It was used to show respect until the singular 'thou’ became kinda rude. This is why we say “you are” for both cases.
OLML TIL in 1992 thousands of plastic yellow ducks broke free from a cargo ship on the Pacific. They floated halfway around the world for years and were used to study ocean currents.