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TIL that the condition of lacking one or more limbs is called Amelia.

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YrDP TIL that in the 1400s, China owned the greatest seagoing fleet in the world. But by 1525, all of China’s “Treasure Fleet” ships had been destroyed at the urging of the political elite who had become alarmed at the rise of a newly rich merchant class.
jNYPv TIL Queen Elizabeth II is the head of a whopping 16 states.
AE1n TIL Charlie Chaplin was banned from reentering the United States in 1952, primarily due to speculation that he was a communist
64wQ TIL when Roosevelt invited Booker T. Washington to the White House, Senator Benjamin Tillman said “The action of President Roosevelt in entertaining that nigger will necessitate our killing a thousand niggers in the South before they learn their place again.”
6J5l TIL in 1983, a struggling Atari dumped tons of unsold, unsalable inventory into a pit in Alamogordo, New Mexico. This was considered an urban legend until 30 years later, when they were unearthed by an excavation crew. The haul included E.T., Atari catalogs, and Raiders of the Lost Ark promotionals.