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TIL that if you travel at 99% the speed of light away from the sun, the light from the sun would still pass by you at the speed of light relative to you.

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XEEgQ TIL Kamehameha was the founder of the Kingdom of Hawaii
VMXeB TIL in the 13th century, the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II took two infants, raised them apart only to be suckled by nurses and not to be communicated with in attempt to see what the natural language of humans was (Hebrew or the language of their parents). However, the children died of neglect.
awP6L TIL in 1956 the Welsh village of Capel Celyn, including its two cemeteries were submerged to form a dam for Liverpool’s drinking. The majority of bodies were not removed.
nJ5W TIL that many pirates in the early 1700’s in the Caribbean were escaped African slaves. By some accounts, 70 served with the famous Blackbeard
XE1eR TIL that one of the biggest mafia bosses in Italy was caught while on the run after they made a connection with a woman’s daily shopping and the boss’s food preference. She was always buying the bosses favourite fishes, salmon and sea bream.