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TIL that San Marino claims to be the oldest extant sovereign state and the oldest constitutional republic. Founded in 301 AD, It is named after Saint Marinus, a stonemason from the Roman island of Rab (in present-day Croatia), who established a monastic community on Monte Titano.

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rNGox TIL In 1762, John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, invented the meal that changed dining forever. As the story goes, he was playing cards and did not want to leave the gaming table to eat. He asked for a serving of roast beef to be placed between two slices of bread so he could eat with his hands.
yVlwv TIL the 16-year-old son of a pilot was permitted to sit in the cockpit of an Aeroflot flight while it was on autopilot. However, he disengaged the autopilot, causing a chain of events that resulted in the plane crashing and the death of all 63 passengers and 12 crew members on board.
RDrQ TIL during the filming of the scene in “The Professional” involving all of the police cars on the street, a man ran from a store he had just robbed. When he encountered the movie set by accident, he saw all of the “police” and gave himself up to a bunch of uniformed extras.
JYx01 TIL since the 1980s the global twinning rate has increased by 1/3, or about 1.6 million twin pairs each year, which is more twin births than ever and peaking at an unprecedented level. Asia and Africa are currently home to 80% of all twin deliveries in the world.
w1lE TIL “when Socrates was asked to propose his own punishment, he suggested a wage paid by the government and free dinners for the rest of his life.”