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TIL that Jesus Christ was declared King of Poland in 2016
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TIL there was a song written in the 1630s that was performed only in the Sistine Chapel. The Vatican kept the composition of the piece secret for 150 years until the 14-year-old Mozart listened to the piece two times, transcribed it from memory, and produced the first unauthorized copy of the song.
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TIL about the Scientific Responsibility award that honors scientists and engineers for exemplary actions often taken at significant personal cost. One recipient was Roger Boisjoly who tried to prevent the Challenger Shuttle disaster by highlighting that the O rings could fail in cold weather.
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TIL Schabziger, known in the USA/Canada as Sapsago, is a Swiss herb-green cheese from Glarus. A 1463 law marked it as Switzerland's oldest branded product, protected by the first documented trademark.
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TIL that Mughal emperor Shah Jahan got rid of the scaffolding on the Taj Mahal by telling peasants that any of the scaffolding material they took was theirs to keep. Apparently they took it away in a single night.
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TIL: The Jacob Diamond, estimated to be worth £100 million (2008), was used as a paperweight for a long time until the diamond's true value was realized