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TIL that the Ancient Greeks would have treated the Illiad and the Odyssey as part of a series of eight books by various authors. However, only Homer's books have survived in full, perhaps because they were the most popular.

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W7Mkd TIL that there were no Kings of England named William for a period of nearly 600 years; William II died in 1100 and William III ascended to the throne in 1688.
mxJBE TIL that the first independent full-length film written and directed by Steven Spielberg was called "Firefight," (inspired Close Encounters) made on a budget of $500, which then 16 year old Spielberg borrowed from his father. It was shown at a local cinema one evening and it earned back its cost.
OGkn1 TIL Liechtenstein’s only lake is less than 100 years old, created by a flood of the Rhine
D1LBY TIL that ultrasound, thought to lie outside of the human hearing range, can be detected by listeners when it is played in combination with sound in the audible range. The mechanism for this is unknown, but in June 2000, researchers verified it by using brain activity scans.
YpgOr TIL State Highway 69 was renamed to State Highway 112 due to vandalism of "epidemic proportion".