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TIL that archaeologists found fragments of 300 year old paper in the wreck of Blackbeard's ship, and traced them to the book they came from.

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5V9x8 TIL the first known internet-based crowdfunding occurred in 1997 when fans of the British rock band Marillion raised $US60,000 via an internet campaign to fund a US tour. Inspired by its success, in 2001 the band asked fans to pre-order an album before it was recorded. Over 12,000 fans did.
Br8GK TIL that Chadwick(the discoverer of the neutron) was a student of Rutherford(the discoverer of the proton) who was student of Thomson (the discoverer of the electron).
78J1P TIL During the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King had originally prepared a different speech than the one we know today. He departed from it after he heard singer Mahalia Jackson cry out: "Tell them about the dream, Martin!". He then partly improvised the now famous "I have a dream" speech.
0aVA TIL that Switzerland is unique in having enough nuclear fallout shelters to accommodate its entire population, should they ever be needed.
DQMYp TIL about Sivaramakrishna Padmavati, the first woman cardiologist in India who became a fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) at age 90- the most senior fellow in the ESC