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TIL In the 1590s, a Spanish admiral made up an entire nation, complete with dozens of fake coats of arms, so that he could claim to be a nobleman and join a fraternity of knights. In doing so, he accidentally popularized the pan-South-Slavic movement, and caused the founding of Yugoslavia in 1918.

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woywY TIL that Gloria Ramirez earned the nickname "The Toxic Lady" because doctors and nurses became ill after airborne exposure to her body. She had cervical cancer, and while treating her, three hospital workers fainted, and others experienced symptoms such as shortness of breath and muscle spasms.
W7Z7X TIL in 2008 and 2015, unmarked mass graves of were discovered in Michigan. They were from Northwest Orient 2501, a plane that vanished over Lake Michigan. Some debris was found, but the wreckage was never recovered. Some body parts were recovered and then buried in these graves.
KObww TIL Marvel's near collapse led to dominance. In The 90’s they desperately sold film rights to their characters for operating capital. A few hits(Blade & X-Men) led studios to consider the comic movie viable. Failure by most caused many of the rights to return to Marvel, who created Marvel Studios.
16gX8 TIL of Pope Stephen VI who instigated the Cadaver Synod in which he ordered a trial of deceased Pope Formosus on grounds of acting as Bishop after he was deposed. The corpse was exhumed, propped up upon a throne. A deacon stood behind answering questions as the deceased. Formosus was found guilty.
4kNNg TIL the letter 'Q' is shaped shaped after a monkey's body and tail, from the Canaanite letter "Kuf", which also means monkey