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TIL Iceland has the oldest surviving parliament in the world, founded in 930 AD.

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ndwP TIL that after WW2 the VA performed lobotomies on over 2,000 veterans as treatment for what we now recognize as signs of PTSD.
Bjwe TIL In an early script for Star Trek: The Motion Picture Kirk was set to fight Jesus on the bridge of the Enterprise
XENp8 TIL That every stockholder has the right to obtain a copy of a companies register or shareholder list which is a list of all shareholders and their holdings, that a company must record. The process depends on which state the company is incorporated.This is the same in the UK.
PYbEO TIL after oil was discovered on their homelands, 60 or more wealthy, full-blood Osage native Americans were killed from 1918 to 1931. The murders appear to have been committed by people intent on taking over their great wealth, whose land was producing valuable oil, and had annual royalties.
E5Gx TIL that the Guinness World Records stopped recording heaviest pets to discourage deliberate overfeeding.