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TIL that I’d’ve is a proper English contraction.

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MeOd0 TIL The Greek Navy maintains a fully operational replica of an ancient Trireme, the HS Olympias
VBg0m TIL there is a mall in the capital of the country Moldova called Malldova
yVvKw TIL that astronauts have been allowed to vote from space since 1997
vgp8 TIL A North Carolina man owns the only known recording of Super Bowl I, as CBS and NBC didn’t save it. The NFL countered his $1 million offer for the taping with $30,000, then later refused to buy it at all, yet warned him he’ll face legal action if he sells it to anyone else.
b6X4a TIL that the first instance of Panda Diplomacy was by Madame Chiang, who arranged for pandas to be sent to San Francisco as a dramatic way of saying thank you. The pandas received attention, but not as much as hoped, because on their way to the US, Pearl Harbor had been bombed.