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TIL A copy of the death warrant for King Charles I is permanently on display in the British Monarch’s robing room to remind them of the consequences of interfering with Parliament

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N7JxJ TIL learned that in 1985 a guy programmed his computer to call Jerry Falwell Sr's toll free prayer line every 30 seconds for 8 months. It clogged up the lines and cost them over $750k in reverse charges.
ODv7 TIL that an international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.
woLGM TIL about the silver fox domestication experiment which resulted in silver foxes having more dog like appearances
Z8GRG TIL There used to be millions of Bisons across North America until we hunted them to near extinction
dWlK TIL Anaxarchus, disciple of Pythagoras, bit off his own tongue and spat it in the face of Nicocreon, tyrant of Cyprus while under torture to reveal the secrets of his order. [Pliny]