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TIL the French nobility is still around and larger than before the Revolution

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9BnX TIL when Spanish explorers first tried to talk to the Mayans they said “Uic athan,” which is ‘We don’t understand’ in their language. This misunderstanding gave the Yucatan Peninsula its name
WDeA TIL that a man named Ben Carpenter got the ride of a lifetime when his electric wheelchair became lodged in the grille of a semitrailer and was accidentally pushed down a highway for several miles at about 50 mph.
yQAy8 TIL about the mythical isle of Thule. The Ancient Greek explorer, Pytheas, was the first to write about Thule during his travels between 330-20 BC. Thule is described like a land of fire and ice in which the sun never sets, about six days sailing north from Britain.
dAM8 TIL Morgan Freeman said the concept of a month dedicated to black history is “ridiculous”: “I don’t want a black history month. Black history is American history.”
Y7XP7 TIL In 1695 Henry Every became the target of the first world-wide manhunt. Every and his crew raided the Mughal's Grand fleet, stealing the equivalent to £97.1 million in 2022, and almost started a war with the English's East Indian Company and Mughal Empire. What became of Every is unknown.