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TIL that in 1985 the Mayors of the modern cities Rome and Carthage signed a ceremonial peace treaty, a mere 2131 years after the end of the Third Punic War

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yVWJv TIL that there really is a three-star solar system 4 lightyears away from us, exactly as described in the Three Body Problem.
GYVl1 TIL that during the 1908 Olympics in London, the Russians showed up 12 days late due to the fact that they were using the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar.
gMjKX TIL that when your skin gets sunburned, it's because your skin cells are basiclly commiting suicide so that they don't becomes cancerous.
R7Lpw TIL in 2009, a 14-year-old boy showed up at a Chicago police station in uniform and worked 5 hours of a shift. He allegedly got a police radio, ticket book and rode with an officer for several hours before his identity was realised. He knew procedure due to a "police explorer" program he’d gone to.
OovLa TIL: The code names for two of the first A-bombs were "Thin Man" and "Fat Man". To help preserve secrecy during World War II, their purpose was obscured with a cover story: for a secret tour of the US, a special railroad car was being customized for FDR ("Thin Man") and Churchill ("Fat Man").