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TIL in medieval manuscripts there are many depictions of knights fighting giant snails. There's no solid reason why.

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epeK5 TIL about a movie called "The Safe Zone", a 2022 short film written and directed by an artificial intelligence
wLa47 TIL On April 23, 1635, the first public school in what would become the United States was established in Boston, Massachusetts. Known as the Boston Latin School, this boys-only public secondary school was led by schoolmaster Philemon Pormont, a Puritan settler.
5o9n TIL on this day in 1907 a Mexican railroad brakeman named Jesus Garcia saved the entire town of Nacozari, Sonora by singlehandedly driving a damaged and burning train containing dynamite six kilometers away from the town before it finally exploded, killing him
8ArX TIL Craisins are not dried cranberries (like raisins are dried grapes) they are in fact discarded cranberry husks re-infused with juice.
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