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TIL Leonardo da Vinci Used Mirror Writing for the Majority of His Personal Notes

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lLpA TIL research shows that students who write out their notes on paper actually learn more than those taking notes by typing.
jNv1p TIL of the Republic of Užupis, a suburb of Vilnius, Lithuania which declared itself independent in 1998. Every April fools day Lithuania sets up border posts on the bridges and stamps passports. The Republics Constitution guarentees "A dog has the right to be a dog."
gMdwL TIL Adolf Hitler, JRR Tolkien, and Anne Frank's father all fought in the Battle of the Somme
mxVoY TIL about James Reavis, also known as "The Baron of Arizona," who almost swindled the U.S. government out of the entirety of Arizona. He forged numerous papers in Spain, Mexico, and the U.S. to prove that he "inherited" the land from a fictional family
NXb8 TIL that giraffes can go longer without water than camels.