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TIL There is a small island in the US state of Virginia. Its in inhabitants speak the same language as its settlers in 1686-some linguists consider it the closest surviving accent to Shakespearean English

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ppeA TIL that despite being a quarter of a million words long, Melville managed to use a unique word (a word that’s only used once in the novel) per every 12 words in Moby Dick.
Pr9g TIL the city of Wallace, Idaho, to protect itself from proposed interstate expansion, managed to list all of its downtown buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. As a result, the federal government was forced to build, at great expense, an elevated viaduct for I-90 around the city.
VEoB TIL that pigs have a relatively high cognitive ability, with the ability to use mirrors and learn a considerable amount of tricks.
b9DgZ TIL that the longest and most expensive criminal case in American history, a 15 year investigation of 321 counts of child abuse, led to no convictions and was likely "simply invented" and the result of mass hysteria.
joJM TIL a British soldier had Adolf Hitler in his sights during WW1 but refused to shoot him.