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TIL it is illegal in China to be reincarnated without government approval.

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6EaLW TIL that King Louis IX of France, or St. Louis, was very well known for his charity and treatment of his people, often dining with beggars, eating after them, and washing their feet. He founded many hospitals including France's national ophthalmology hospital, Quinze-Vingts.
R7Xv6 TIL about John Atanasoff, who built the first digital computer, but got very little credit because his employer, Iowa State College, never filed the patent application
neNPB TIL when you die in Super Mario Bros. you can hold down the A button while you hit Start to continue from the the world where you left off.
GYM11 Today I learned David Klavins made a vertical grand piano standing 14 feet and 9 inches.
PYOdE TIL A second is called a second because it is the 2nd division of the hour by 60, the 1st division being a minute.