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TIL a professional photographer designed his home in the shape of a camera

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R5Wbj TIL, Until the evolution of the printing press in the 15th century, use of modern numbers (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9), also called Arabic numerals, in Europe was mainly confined to Northern Italy.
ypxv TIL there is a city named White Settlement in Texas in which voters rejected a name change to West Settlement 2,388 to 219 in 2005. Its mayors name? Ronald A. White
b6jrp TIL about the H. L. Hunley, a submarine built in 1863 that belonged to the Confederate States of America.
X0jZD TIL Russian emperor Alexander I offered to mediate an ending to the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain in Saint Petersburg, but the British rejected it by never showing up.
oykK TIL it is estimated that, using concrete blocks to build a pyramid, it would take 5 years and would cost $5 Billion dollars.