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TIL the inspiration for Zorro was an early 1600s Irishman called William Lamport, referred to in Mexico as Don Guillén de Lampart. He was a bond-esque social chamelion, and at one point attempted to overthrow the Spanish Government with the support of many native, creole, and Black Mexicans.

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grG8 TIL If you squeezed out all the space inside an atom you could fit the entire human race into a sugar cube
ANLen TIL about the most influential PE coach in American pop culture- Leonard Skinner, who became the namesake for Lynyrd Skynyrd after he sent several band members to the principal’s office for wearing their hair too long.
479N TIL that “Dagobertducktaks” (2014 Dutch word of the year) is an extra tax for the super rich, named after Donald Duck’s uncle Dagobert – known in English as……..Scrooge McDuck.
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