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TIL the state of Alaska has over 3 million natural lakes.

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yQVJ8 TIL that judges deliver significantly harsher verdicts when they’re hungry
rRynw TIL that in medievel England, eels were used and accepted , to an extent, as currency, mostly in rental agreements. Many rental agreements, where the landlord would stipulate the rent due in "eel currency" were found. 25 eels would be a "stick". 10 sticks a bind.
ORZ4 TIL of Begum Samru (1753-1836), an Indian dancing girl who became the wealthy ruler of her own small principality. She led her troops into battle, and was so successful that many believed that she had supernatural powers. After baptism, Samru became India’s only Catholic ruler.
OG4ag TIL: The ZM-87 is one of only a few laser weapons ever produced but stopped production a result of the 1995 United Nations Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons ban.
j6QEa TIL that CNN had a video prepared for the end of the world (before it signed off) that featured a military performance of Nearer My God to Thee, the same song that the violinists played during the sinking of the Titanic.