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TIL the first same-sex marriage in Spain was performed in the year 1061.

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0dreR TIL the former CEO of Nissan fled Japan in 2019 by hiding in an audio equipment box
PY5VZ TIL about the False Dmitrys. Three different imposters who all pretended to be Dmitry the son of Ivan the Terrible. Each of them fooled the nation into crowning them Tsar but all were ultimately found out and executed.
jNxQM TIL the Great Lakes have at least 6,000 shipwrecks with some estimates as high as 25,000
8jyZ TIL that When you are thinking about something in such a way that you are forming words in your mind, you are actually speaking those words extremely quietly. Your vocal chords are moving, and a very sensitive microphone would be able to record what you are “thinking.”
6EbxQ TIL Madagascar has a larger population than Australia