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TIL of the Amesbury Archer (Amesbury pronounced Aims-bree), a skeleton of a Bronze Age man discovered where some new houses were going to be built.

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VeO8 TIL that Napoleon’s great-great-great Grand Nephew still claims the throne and works as an investment banker in New York
k01B TIL many phrases in English come from literal translations of Chinese phrases, such as “long time no see”, “no go”, “lose face” and “no can do”
kO1yg TIL of Robert Ledru, a French detective tasked with solving a beach-side gunshot murder. After examining the fatal bullet and some footprints, he came to the conclusion that he himself had committed the murder whilst sleepwalking, and turned himself in.
X0gMP TIL that prior to 1966, Indian Rupee was the currency for the Gulf Countries of UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait.
wLWXJ TIL about the Great Hanging at Gainesville, a confederate war crime where 41 suspected unionists were executed in October of 1862