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TIL The descendants of Cristopher Columbus received noble titles and ruled Jamaica as a feudal fief until 1655 due to the outcome of a series of lawsuits against the monarchy of Spain.

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9wLLX TIL In 2000, three Scottish sisters took out a 1 million pound insurance policy in the event one of them immaculately conceived the second coming of Christ. They paid £100 a year until 2006 when the insurance company canceled the policy.
kWVg TIL: Lacoste’s signature crocodile was the first designer logo in history. Also, he invented the tennis polo shirt & split-shaft steel racket.
jePR TIL that all citizens of France are automatically also citizens of Scotland
nxZd TIL the first recorded incident of mooning was in 66 CE, where a Roman soldier mooned Jewish pilgrims, which lead to a riot and the death of thousands of pilgrims
GApRg TIL that in its 30 years of operation from 1967 to 1997, the McDonnell Douglas Corporation only developed one new, from the ground up aircraft. It was the C-17 Globemaster III.