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TIL that Oxford University is older than the Aztec Civilization

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VgOD TIL that the globally accepted “pirate” voice, lexicon, and mannerisms are all based on the performance of Robert Newton as Long John Silver in Treasure Island (1950)
nOrW TIL that during WWII the Dutch resistance recruited teen girls to seduce Nazis so they could shoot them in the woods
oBRWY TIL that without oceans, complex earth-like life is unlikely to evolve because oceans ensure stability of surface temperatures between extremes
awoXy TIL of the USS Mason, the only WWII destroyer with an all-black enlisted crew
WkvnA TIL that the Great Falls of the Potomac northwest of Washington, DC is the steepest falls in the eastern US and are along the Atlantic Fall Line of the Appalachian Mountains, dropping 76 feet in under 1 mile.