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TIL Blackbeard’s flagship the Queen Anne’s Revenge was found in 1996. There’s a conservation project to bring it to the surface.

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5o0k TIL: The majority of child abuse perpetrators are women.
OoWNR TIL In 1978, Grave Robbers Dug Up Film Star Charlie Chaplin’s Body For Ransom. Chaplin's widow Oona refused to pay. "Charlie would have thought it rather ridiculous," she said. After 2+ unsuccessful months, the thieves were caught, and eventually wrote letters of apology to Oona.
nWw9b TIL in China there's ink named "Burning White House." It's black with gold dust.
VBpOB TIL Russian Tsar Peter the Great's sister owned 93 dwarves, and Peter himself had a special funeral for his favorite dwarf, which included miniature horses and a "small priest"
BAbb TIL: When it first came out, the film “Mr Smith Goes to Washington” was criticize by Washington Insiders for depicting the Senate as corrupt. Yet it was banned in countries like Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union for showing that Democracy works.