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TIL Queen Victoria was fluent in Urdu and Hindi.

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NXZPb TIL of the 1978 discovery of 533 reels of nitrate film beneath the permafrost of a decommissioned swimming pool in Alaska
OrQX TIL Leonardo Da Vinci’s last words were: “I have offended God and mankind. My work did not reach the quality it should have.”
b6jG0 TIL that Mr. Rogers’ mother knitted all his sweaters, including the famous red cardigan.
awpyZ TIL The Code of Hammurabi (1754 BC) has 282 laws enscribed on stone. It includes the concept of "eye for an eye" and "tooth for a tooth" - more than 500 years before the Torah.
PnPL TIL that Smarties candies (“Rockets” in Canada) were originally made with re-purposed gun powder tablet machines from WWII.