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TIL that Japanese Buddhists would self-sacrifice by sealing themselves inside a ship boarded-up like a coffin. At sea they either pulled a wooden plug from the hull and drowned or died of thirst or starvation.

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XEZRR TIL that English has no future tense. Every time we talk about the future, we talk about it in the present tense, like “I am going to the airport” or “I will start school next week.” Even “will” expresses intention in the present and not the future.
9Y5b6 TIL that the movie Caddyshack was filmed at a golf course in Davie, Florida. The explosions that take place during the climax of the film were reported at the nearby Fort Lauderdale airport by an incoming pilot, who suspected that a plane had crashed.
165WD TIL that there are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the observable universe
Ld99 TIL In 1939, a five year old girl successfully gave birth and is still alive today
d8MKr TIL all English males over the age of 14 are to carry out two hours of longbow practice every week, supervised by the local clergy. This law dates from the Middle Ages, and is still in place today