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TIL that Great Britain is made up of 6289 islands.

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9Y0Qr TIL that when a jury convicted Jane Wenham of witchcraft in 1712, due to witnesses accusing her of flying on a broomstick and bewitching servants, the sceptical judge refused to execute her and instead sought a royal pardon, noting that there was “no law against flying.”
YV4d TIL Nikola Tesla was born 159 years ago today during a fierce lightning storm. Happy Nikola Tesla Day!
neXMr TIL the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (3M) was founded in 1902 when five men believed they had secured a valuable corundum mine. They later realized their mineral holding was entirely anorthosite, a mineral devoid of corundum and useless to their venture.
6EkLw TIL that on ZZ Top's best selling album "Eliminator" bassist Duty Hill and drummer Frank Beard received album credits but did not attend most of the recording sessions. The album consists almost entirely of Billy Gibbons accompanied by electronically synthesized bass and drums.
lLJ7 TIL Brendan Hufford, founder of kids martial arts company OK Kimonos, once held a clothing drive for poor children in Brazil that raised $3,000 and 100 uniforms. He didn’t donate any of the uniforms or money to the charity, but promoted his business as doing such.