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b6jg0 TIL in 1878, the Loretto Chapel was constructed with a wooden spiral staircase of unusually masterful craftsmanship. No builder was officially credited for the staircase, but legends say that a mysterious carpenter arrived and built it overnight, then left without collecting pay.
rNRnw TIL The first Mediterranean description of the New World predates Columbus's expedition by over a century. Galvano Fiamma of Milan described the New world some time between 1339 and 1345, likely learning of it from sailors visiting Genoa.
wLMLW TIL at its peak in 1920 the British Empire reigned over 26.35% of the surface of the world
OorAR TIL that several European nobles thought that their bodies were made of glass. This is called the Glass Delusion.
QJxZa TIL the first pro-gay film in the world was a 1919 German film called “Different from the Others”. It was created as a protest against German laws that criminalised homosexuality. The Nazis destroyed most prints of the film, and only one known copy has survived.