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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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mxaOO TIL about Bir Tawil, the only place on Earth that is habitable and is not claimed by any recognised government
WkwOo TIL 3–15% of alcoholics commit suicide, and over 50% of all suicides are associated with alcohol or drug dependence, due to alcohol causing physiological distortion of brain chemistry, as well as social isolation.
9AM6 TIL that the island of St. Kilda in Scotland was so isolated that its people had not heard of Britain’s king when it was rediscovered in 1746, and still practiced Druidism into the 19th century.
X0A9X TIL that chimney swifts breed in North America, but their wintering location was unknown in 1944. It was discovered when an indigenous Peruvian was seen wearing a necklace made out of the bands scientists had tied to the birds’ legs to track them.
jNG6Q TIL that America is the only country that refrigerates eggs in shops