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TIL Google has an archive of newspapers, with the oldest dating back to August 28, 1738

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a8rX0 TIL the Instrument of Government and the Humble Petition and Advice were the only codified constitutions of England
jNgXp TIL that Paul Kern, who was shot in the head in WWI and never slept again, spent about 12 of his 24-hr days clubbing and the worst “side effect” was how much it cost to stay awake all the time.
yNE8 TIL that Kobe Bryant’s parents had to cosign his first NBA contract, because he was only 17 when he was drafted.
9M0r TIL of a company making an alternative to rat poison for large populations. Instead of killing those that ingest the product, it makes a percentage of them sterile.
NXVJJ TIL: that in 1995 Bogota, The mayor Antanas Mockus employed traffic mimes to shame people breaking laws. And they managed to significantly reduce violation in the most dangeour urban area of Latin America.