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TIL the oldest object in England's Crown Jewels is a spoon.

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l545 TIL Gene Roddenberry gave a list of “do nots” to the Next Generation writers which includes not writing about sorcery, psychic powers, mad scientists, and swords.
8evK TIL the story of Catalina de Frauso, a Basque Nun who escaped her nunnery at the age of 15 in 1599 and became a cross dressing Spanish soldier who traveled the New World. She even coincidentally killed her brother in a duel and flirted with other women.
lo4or TIL of Arthur John Priest, also known as “the unsinkable stoker”, who avoided death on The Titanic, The Britannic and three more maritime disasters.
o7GA TIL, according to scientists, this is the most relaxing tune ever recorded. In test subjects, it reduced anxiety by 65% and supposedly induces a trance-like state.
gQyW TIL When the A Bomb was dropped in Hiroshima, the light from the fireball was so intense that it melted the copper in the surrounding buildings.