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TIL that Richard II is the first English monarch for whom a contemporary painting survives.

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6Dm8 TIL the company that manufactures Fleshlights sent a complementary package of its products to the SEAL team that killed Osama bin Laden.
JYo9v TIL that Taiwan has a territorial claim in the Spratly islands, called Taiping Island, also known as Itu Aba.
0wdjM TIL the ampersand (&) is actually “and per se and”, and the character itself originated from the latin word et (and) turned into a single figure
b6kvZ TIL Overnight olfactory enrichment using an odorant diffuser improves memory and modifies the uncinate fasciculus in older adults
AN8Yn TIL that humans were present in the Philippines as early as 709,000 years ago, based on stone tools and butchered rhinoceros bones found in Kalinga, Luzon making it one of the oldest known human activity sites in Southeast Asia.