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TIL Ponce de Leon was never searching for the Fountain of Youth. That story was written after his death to make him look like an idiot.

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m1XJv TIL that Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark used to hold a regular office job at Microsoft
M7YY8 TIL General Electric was one of the first members of Dow Index in 1895, and the last to remain there until 2018.
WkyaL TIL in 1935, a con man was arrested for selling his victims a "currency copier", purportedly capable of reproducing $100 bills. The day before his trial, he fashioned sheets into a rope and slipped out the window, pretending to be a window washer as he shimmied down the building.
NL4N TIL that no new malls have been built in the United States since 2006 and 15% of U.S. malls will fail within the next 10 years
5YxxP TIL that in medieval times, there was a real fear that some people would kill holy men and women to sell off their body parts as relics. Guards even had had to watch over mortally ill holy men and women to prevent their body parts being sold soon as they died.