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TIL Bulgarians refer to bucket hats as "idiotka", idiot hats

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p87dQ TIL that in the 1500s a Greek Protestant adventurer named Iacob Heraclid went around Europe pretending to be royalty and managed to make himself Prince of Moldavia for two years before being killed.
Lnxd TIL the author of Nancy Drew ,Carolyn Keene is not a single person but a collection of ghostwriters paid $125 per book.
pEoG TIL numerous studies find no evidence for Vitamin C (or other cold supplements) reducing/preventing colds and flu
b66v4 TIL The Venus de Milo, as a Greek sculpture, would more accurately be called Aphrodite de Milos (Milos is the Greek island where it was discovered). Although it may also be a depiction of the sea goddess, Amphitrite.
Ypxpr TIL: Texas bankruptcy laws allows you to keep 2 guns.