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TIL Dingos are technically not native to Australia but were introduced by humans some 5000 years ago

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N7vVQ TIL the oldest occurrence of the word "fuck" in English is from a 1310 record by the court in Chester on outlawing a Roger Fuckbythenavel
71Gp TIL of an Italian named Fabrizio Quattrocchi who yelled “I’ll show you how an Italian dies!” while trying to remove his hood before being executed by his Iraqi kidnappers.
VBQv8 TIL no one really knows what the H in "Jesus H. Christ" stands for
VEGm TIL the deserts of Tunisia housed the original Star Wars movie sets for the film’s planet Tatooine. More than 30 years after the premier of the first movie in the series, the sets are still very well preserved and visitors to Tunisia can even stay in Luke Skywalker’s home.
BrOmd TIL that an eyewitness to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination at Ford’s Theatre appeared on a nationally televised game show with Lucile Ball.