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dDyo9 TIL that Michael Flatley is not Irish; he is American
1GLP TIL there is a Cornwall Independence movement, complete with it’s own “terrorist” group.
4Xywa TIL lizards dream!
4X116 TIL after conquering China, by 1241 the Mongols were expanding their empire to the west, using Chinese rockets (self-propelled flying bombs) in battles across Eastern Europe. And with them came secret of black powder - the recipe was first written down around 1250 by English scholar Roger Bacon.
N7Ej8 TIL there was no sound in films until the late 1920's. Before that, pianist or organists used to play along with the moving pictures live. At times this music was provided by the filmmakers and other times, musicians would improvise.