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TIL that French philosopher and mathematician, René Descartes, invented the x,y graph coordinate system and introduced a raised number to indicate an exponet

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9m9D TIL: Ottoman Pirates undertook a series of Slave Raids in Iceland in 1627. They captured an estimated 400–900 Icelandic prisoners to sell into slavery. This event is known in Iceland as Tyrkjaránið – the ‘Turkish Raid’
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