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TIL about Shahrazad, a real (albeit banned in tournament play) Magic the Gathering card that requires the players to immediately begin a sub-game of Magic with the results impacting the original game

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l7n51 TIL In 2010, Drs. Torres and Luckham debuted their spray-on fabric in a fashion show at Imperial College London. The science was inspired by traditions of textile-making, like felt, where fibers are bound instead of stitched or woven.
yx78 TIL that the Masaai people of Kenya donated fourteen cows to the US after 9/11.
P11Ag TIL Ancient Chinese doctor and surgeon Hua Tuo was executed by King Cao Cao when he suggested performing a surgery by cutting into his royal skull
8aNea TIL The characterization of Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars saga as an ambitious and ruthless politician dismantling a democratic republic to achieve supreme power is in part inspired by Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Adolf Hitler. Other elements of the character come from Richard Nixon.
W7gv4 TIL Leonardo Da Vinci dissected human bodies to understand anatomy and emotions, successfully identifying anatomy aspects that were only published a generation later by another author.