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TIL the final battle of the American Revolutionary War took place in The Bay of Bengal, India

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WkKj8 TIL British royal family members must pack a black outfit with them when they travel in the event of a death in the family
b6B07 TIL the “up” in 7up used to be Lithium
grXlL TIL in 1951, a Californian engineer designed a unique system to transport water to the southern deserts, using 400 artificial geysers that would throw water in an arc at 400 miles per hour through the air to be caught by a funnel at the next geyser.
PYgPg TIL Salvador Dali didn’t believe he would die, “If someday I may die, although it is unlikely, I hope that the people in the cafes will say, ‘Dalí has died, but not entirely.’” This is fitting considering that a museum in Florida is bringing him “back to life” for an AI enhanced exhibition.
9Y0j6 TIL the earliest Sanskrit text is not found in India, but in Northern Syria