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TIL Through her grandmother Mary, Queen Elizabeth is a direct descendant of Vlad the Impaler

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Dm7r TIL that Mickey Mouse is set to become public domain on January 1, 2024
OGkBL TIL: Ancient Chinese Toys (400 BC) Inspired Modern Helicopters. A stick with feathers at the end was rapidly spun between the hands to generate lift and then released into free flight. In 1754, Lomonosov developed a rotor modeled after the Chinese top, but powered by a wound-up spring device.
nW4KW TIL Wild Rodents Will Run on Mouse Wheels if You Leave Them in the Woods
GY19J TIL that in 1869, Republican President Ulysses S. Grant tried to annex the Dominican Republic to use it as a safe haven for blacks fleeing persecution. Although the D.R. agreed to the annexation treaty, it ultimately failed to pass the Senate.
X0rWX TIL The Hawaiian monk seal is one of two extant monk seal species; the other is the Mediterranean monk seal. A third species, the Caribbean monk seal, is extinct.