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TIL Hamlet was inspired by Amleth, a Scandanavian figure with a similar name (except the H is in different spot)

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6yjm TIL: In the 1500’s, the Iroquois tribes designed quite an elaborate political system. This included a bicameral (two-house) legislature, much like the British Parliament and modern U.S. Congress. Such a complex political arrangement was unknown in Europe at that time.
Y7agx TIL It took four weeks to scuttle USS America, the Only supercarrier ever sunk
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bADQ TIL in 1998 Sony released a videocam that could see through clothes while in an infrared recording mode; 600,000 units were recalled.
REJ4 TIL Glitter can cause blindness.