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TIL that George Orwell fought as a volunteer in the Spanish Civil War and wrote a book about it: Homage to Catalonia

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LQjn0 TIL that Venice was built on a foundation of about 10,000,000 underwater wooden logs. 1200 years later, those same trunks still support almost all of Venice
GAgbQ TIL the peace symbol is a combination of the semaphore letters N and D, which stood for Nuclear Disarmament
BroJd TIL in 1857, a woman named Hannah Crafts escaped her owner by dressing up as a man and pretending to be white. She later wrote a book called The Bondwoman's Narrative, but didn't publish it. It was found years later in a New Jersey attic and was finally authenticated and published in 2002.
P1mDJ TIL that the idea for the original Final Destination (2000) film came after its co-writer, Jeffrey Reddick, read a story about a mother of a passenger who had a premonition for her daughter's flight, convincing her to switch flights and avoid her initial plane, which ended up crashing.
b9PV7 TIL Kente cloth colors and patterns have specific meanings, and is often used to make silent, but intentional statements.