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TIL It took over 100 for someone to notice that an Icelandic translation of Dracula published in 1901 was actually a near complete re-write of the novel and not an actual translation of the original work

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JYgnB TIL on 18 april 1930, the only thing that was announced on BBC was "There is no news" followed by a piano playing
4X97o TIL that in 1752, 11 days of the month of September in North America were skipped in order to transition to the Gregorian calendar from the Julian calendar because the Julian calendar didn't calculate leap years well.
xLB7 TIL that Native Americans use to manipulate young trees to offer direction to important battlefields, graves and other significant landmarks. After hundreds of years you can still find many of them today.
yVNnX TIL that India has a bridge named Living Root Bridge in Meghalaya, which is made of living tree roots and can support the weight of up to 50 people at a time.
BgoRy TIL that from the 13th to the 18th centuries, animals across Europe were tried for numerous alleged crimes. In 1750, a French donkey was acquitted of bestiality after the local priest testified to her good character. Her owner was executed, but the donkey was pardoned.