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TIL that George Orwell fought with anarchists in the Spanish Revolution and was shot in the throat.

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nkW9 TIL Keith Ellison became the first Muslim member of US Congress in 2007. He took the ceremonial oath with a Quran once owned by Thomas Jefferson.
nZ9W TIL of the LeMat 9-shot revolver produced between 1856 and 1865 which can also shoot a central buckshot cartridge by flipping a lever connected to the firing hammer. A version of this weapon can be seen sported by Ed Harris’ character in the new HBO Westworld series.
QJDm9 TIL of Christopher Langan, the "smartest man in the world" who broke the ceiling of the IQ scale when tested. He worked as a bouncer in Long Island for 20 years while developing his Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe about the relationship of reality and the mind
gM9l7 TIL there are more businesses incorporated in Delaware than there are Delawareans; over 50% of all American businesses choose Delaware to game taxes, courts, and laws.
m6Vv TIL that God’s Number is the maximum amount of moves it would take to completely solve any scrambled Rubik’s Cube. That number is 20.