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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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Y71DZ TIL of the 1924 Babbs fire, in which young Mary Eden’s body was never found. In 1957, a woman came forward, claiming to be the long-lost child. A local editor knew the story was a hoax, but withheld it until 1999 at the request of the father, who believed his wife could not endure losing Mary again.
mxaRv TIL ex-PM of Malaysia claimed he was scammed of about USD10 million but by gaining it in his account.
6EAx8 TIL of Robert Smalls, a slave during the Civil War who escaped by commandeering a Confederate transport ship, persuaded Lincoln to allow African-Americans in the army, and later became a US House Representative. One of his final actions as a leader was to stop a lynch mob from killing two black men.
grawW TIL that Mama Cass Elliot and Keith Moon both died in not only the same apartment but also the same bed.
VBdgB TIL that United Flight 175, the 2nd plane to crash into the WTC on 9/11, rapidly descended at an “unheard of” 5,000 ft/min during its final 5 minutes. Flying at 590 mph, the aircraft also banked sharply just before impact, as it might’ve otherwise just clipped the South Tower or missed it entirely.