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TIL That in 1685 someone picked up Oliver Cromwell’s head off of the ground, and then it was traded by collectors for 300 years

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NXbeQ TIL the earliest-known references to windmills are to a Persian millwright in ad 644 and windmills in Seistan, Persia, in ad 915.
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kO1KB TIL that the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution allows the Vice-President, supported by a simple majority of the 15 other members of the US Cabinet, to remove the US President from office and assume the Presidency himself immediately.
9Y5GQ TIL the president and vice-president can't be from the same state.
9wJ8m TIL About The Battle of the Eclipse. It was fought in the early 6th century BC in Anatolia (Turkey) between the Medes and the Lydians. According to ancient Greek historian Herodotus, the battle was interrupted by “day turning into night” (Solar Eclipse), Leading to a treaty ending the 6 year war.