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TIL the "Necco" of Necco Wafers stands for "New England Confectionery Company"

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5VdZn TIL: In ~19 B.C, an Indian monk traveled to Ancient Rome, then proceeded to burn himself alive in front of the Emperor
4kVR5 TIL that Toto the Dog from The Wizard of Oz was replaced with a cow in it's 1903 adaption, due to the difficulty of training animals for the stage.
l7GQ7 TIL "A True Story", the earliest known work of fiction to include travel to outer space, alien lifeforms, and interplanetary warfare, begins with an explanation that the story is not at all "true" and ends with a lie that their future adventures will be described in the upcoming sequels.
Ool1g TIL that there are submarine Aircraft Carriers. Japan employed the I-400 class during WW2, and they could carry up to 3 bombers, in addition to 8 torpedo launchers & abti-aircraft guns. These submarines were twice as big as any ordinary subs of the time.
oRlBR TIL Kielder Water is the largest artificial lake in the United Kingdom by capacity of water and it is surrounded by Kielder Forest, one of the biggest man-made woodlands in Europe. It took 2 years to fill the lake once the dam was completed