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TIL Eliza Jumel wife of Aaron Burr(3rd VP of the USA who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel) hired Alexander Hamilton Jr. as her divorce lawyer. Alexander Hamilton Jr.'s mom's name was Eliza as well. His wife was also named Eliza. Oh and he had a sister named Eliza.

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pewO TIL of OpenDyslexic, a funky-looking font designed to be easily readable by those with dyslexica.
nekO9 TIL Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland, was also a famous mathematician- a method for solving for the determinants of square matrices is named for him.
XEG4X TIL the sea like sound you hear when you put a seashell near your ear is the echo the noise in the environment BUT ALSO the sound of the blood flowing in your ears and the muscles acting in your ears
d8YEZ TIL Mahasweta Devi wrote over 100 novels and over 20 collections of short stories primarily written in Bengali. She had claimed that her stories aren't her creation, they are the stories of the people of her country, with a focus on marginalized citizens and women
VMAeG TiL that on July 8th, 1941 the Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney along with the rest of her squadron attempted to shoot down the planet Venus thinking it was a high altitude bomber. Venus managed to survive the engagement.