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TIL that, because of similar names, Slovenian and Slovakian staff meets once a months to exchange wrong delivered mail.

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v1Vr7 TIL about Vincent van Gogh's death. He shot himself in the chest, missing vital organs, dying 30 hours later in a hospital with his brother Theo at his side, his last words having been "The sadness will last forever".
Z86xR TIL from 1777 to 1870, Vermont had a fourth branch of government called the Council of Censors. It consisted of 13 members, elected every 7 years, who had to check if "the legislative and executive branches have performed their duty as guardians of the people." They could also amend the constitution
wBJJ TIL A Marine called the Barrett Firearms customer service line while in an active firefight to get help with his rifle.
8anL8 TIL in 1802, Timothy Dexter wrote ‘A Pickle for the Knowing Ones’ that had 8,847 words without punctuation or capitalization. In the second edition, he responded to grammatical complaints by adding an extra 11 pages of punctuation instructing that readers could insert them wherever needed.
pYZmQ TIL that the island of Ocracoke, North Carolina was the location where the pirate Blackbeard died on November 1718.