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TIL: Fort Ross is a former Russian establishment and the southernmost Russian settlement in North America.

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oBxQK TIL in the 1956 Melbourne olympics, veterinary student Barry Larkin protested against the relay, carrying a fake flame, consisting of a pair of underpants set on fire in a plum pudding can, attached to a chair leg. Successfully handing it to the Mayor of Sydney and escaping unnoticed.
b9P0a TIL Fans of Michael Jackson's Thriller album believed that the UPC barcode on the album was Jackson's phone number. Because of this, a woman named Barbara Brown in Youngstown, Ohio, received upwards of 12 calls a day after Jackson won eight Grammy awards. Many believe the rumor was spread by MTV.
vYjD TIL that the number 17 (XVII) was deemed ‘unlucky’ by the Romans and Italians because the Roman numeral was an anagram for VIXI, meaning 'I lived,’ a reference to one’s own death. Thus, Italian buildings do not have a 17th floor and so forth.
Z87a4 TIL that abracadabra is actually a Hebrew (or Aramaic) phrase meaning “I create what I speak”
M7jZb TIL that naturally 1 out of every 6400 hydrogen atoms in water is a deuterium atom. It forms a "heavy water" molecule with a slightly sweet taste and is safe in low amounts, but you will die if more than 50% of your body's H2O is replaced by D2O.