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TIL about a 16th century book that opens six different ways, revealing six different books in one

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e0dDJ TIL A Vicuña is a llama like animal that can only be shorn from every two to three years, thus producing the most expensive fabric in the world: vicuña wool.
J1lej TIL Hawaii only has only 5 counties and one of them is a former leper colony with a population of 81 and land area of 5.2 square miles, the smallest in the United States
wL94Y TIL that US president Jimmy Carter issued a state of emergency in 1979 that is still active today, over 40 years later. This state of emergency gives "extra ordinary powers" to the president to "seize property, call up the National Guard and hire and fire military officers at will."
1aZDX TIL Ray J Makes $360K in Royalties Per Year for his 'Performance' on the Kim K Sex Tape.
J1vMB TIL José Saramago, one of Portugal's best-known writers, was a mechanical locksmith who hadn't even been to high school.