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TIL: The Austrian Crown Jewels includes The Ainkhürn, an artifact which was once thought to be an actual unicorn horn, but which is probably from a Narwhal.

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GEWQ TIL that the documentary The Thin Blue Line ended up getting Randall Dale Adams out of the death penalty and freed from prison after 12 years of being wrongly imprisoned. Adams recieved no compensation from the State of Texas. He went on to advocate against the death penalty.
kJ4KW TIL: At age 82 finished the oldest woman an Ironman Triathlon (2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bicycle, and a marathon run in a single day). She is known as the Iron Nun.
E1eew TIL the HMS Sussex (96) suffered a kamikaze attack from a Mitsubishi Ki-51 "Sonia" that left a dent and imprint on the side of the ship.
1a65O TIL The fossil record tells us nothing about how sightless animals first came to see the world.
W7oNB TIL of the Community of Christ, a liberal offshoot of the Mormon Church, that has been performing same-sex marriages for ten years.