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TIL The 'Magna Carta' (1215) was the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government are not above the law.

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Mllb TIL that Spain is the only country in the world that has a monument to the liver - “The silent and unselfish organ.”
4kVDX TIL the Republic of West Florida existed from September 1810 to December 1810, for 74 days. It had a constitution and a Governor and a flag, the first lone star flag in US history.
rLXM TIL Staples, Office Depot, and Office Max are all the same company. Office Depot and Office Max merged in December 2013 and Staples bought the combined company in February of 2015.
nGkd TIL in 1963 at age 11, Kurt Russell starred in a movie with Elvis Presley. 16 years later, a 27-year-old Russell played Elvis in a TV movie, and 15 years after that, voiced Elvis in Forrest Gump.
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