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TIL three Englishmen walked from Florida to Nova Scotia in 1569

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wLQb6 TIL of Manto Mavrogenous who was a rich, aristocratic woman from Mykonos, Greece. She equipped, manned, & privateered fleets and armies at her own expense to fight the Ottoman Turks in 1822. When the war was over, she was awarded the rank of Lieutenant General by Greece.
awYR9 TIL in 1947 in India there were still 565 active "princely states" or principalities under a local or traditional ruler in a subsidiary alliance with the British rule in India. They covered 40% of India and ranged from large states of 16 million people, down to 10 sq. miles with populations of 3,000
69YbY TIL that the “ninja killer” Temujin Kensu supposedly shot someone 400 miles away by scheduling a private plane at 2 am, flying to the murder scene, then flying back leaving no trace
4k4Nb TIL About Truman Show Delusion - a Form of Psychosis in Which People Believe They Are Secretly Starring in Their Own Reality TV Show
QJpK9 TIL because of some changes in classifications along time, crocodiles belong to a taxonomic clade named Pseudosuchia, which means "false crocodiles"