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8eERG TIL the oldest extant lighthouse in the world, the Tower of Hercules (formerly known as Farum Brigantium), was modeled after the Lighthouse of Alexandria. It was built between the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, and is located in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
PYgyg TIL 20% of teens in the UK think Winston Churchill is a fictional character
OGyYR TIL the USA has the 2nd oldest constitution in the world (San Marino is #1)
8ePkP TIL That Alexander Keith Jr, the nephew of the famed Canadian brewer, was a US confederate spy, blew up a freighter with dynamite for insurance fraud, was blamed for missing ocean liners, and had his severed head on display until it was destroyed by German bombing
xDr0 TIL that Marie Curie and her daughter Irène between them received half of all the Physics and Chemistry Nobel Prizes awarded to women