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TIL….British accents noticeable change within the UK every 25 miles

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69y8J TIL that a blind amateur historian's attempt to publish a history of the Ming Dynasty in 1660 was received so poorly that over 70 people involved were executed and thousands of people arrested.
aOdM TIL Robert Ford, the “coward” who shot Jesse James in the back of the head, was afterwards charged with murder, sentenced to hang, and pardoned. All in the same day.
OGjY TIL the first two people ever mauled to death by grizzly bears in a national park were two 19-year-old girls killed on the same night – by different bears – 9 miles apart
Lkdap TIL that the same $99 microphone has been used by every US president since 1965
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