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TIL the co-founder of the popular channel FPS Russia was found deceased in his own home. Despite being surrounded by his own weapons, the weapon responsible was never recovered and the death remains unsolved.

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W7XGN TIL Underwater exploration was disallowed in Guanabara Bay by the Brazilian government after an Ancient Roman shipwreck was reportedly found that preceded Columbus
p86Ze TIL: Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, has a BA (History) from Yale, JD from Harvard in 2005.
b67GE TIL the stopwatch on 60 Minutes was real and is now on display at the Smithsonian. "This watch was used on the program until the late 1990s, when it was replaced by a computer graphic."
R71gw TIL an almost 80 year old man fought the British in 1775, survived being stabbed multiple times and went on to live well into his 90s.
7M8M TIL that in the 19th century people called homosexuals “Uranian”