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TIL the Spanish Inquisition was devoid of its own budget, meaning it depended exclusively on the confiscation of the goods of the denounced. Due to this organization and possibility of abuse, someone wrote a letter to the king saying of the inquisitors "if they do not burn they do not eat".

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YpZbd TIL that the sovereign Kingdom of Hawai'i was never annexed by the US by treaty; it was overthrown by the US military in 1893, and, after some shifting of power structure, has subsequently been illegally militarily occupied as a US territory, and eventually as a state after a 1959 referendum vote.
GgVQ TIL the 2012 Olympics was the first time that every country sent a woman to compete.
oB8jr TIL the English law 'Bill of Rights 1689' is one of only two English laws still active across all Commonwealth realms. This means that Canada, Australia, South Africa, India, etc. still all have this law on their books. This law guarantees basic rights to all citizens of these countries.
QmNE TIL that adding a type of seaweed to the diet of cows, reduces their methane production by 70%.
X44R TIL the title for the movie “October Sky” is an anagram of the Homer Hickam book “Rocket Boys”