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TIL that the American accent of the English language was actually the same as the British accent during colonization. Over time, the British accent kept changing while the American stayed almost unchanged.

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KXnQ TIL the inventor of the LASER fought with both the US Patent office and LASER manufacturers for a period of 38 years before finally achieving the right to both obtain and enforce patents covering the LASER technology he invented.
BpmL TIL in 1958 while widening a road the RAF discovered that a fifteen year-old display mockup of the biggest bomb ever used in WWII was not merely a mockup but was actually a live bomb.
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Lk6lr TIL the Epic of Gilgamesh depicts stories that are virtually identical to Adam & Eve and Noah’s Flood, but predates the Bible by at least a thousand years, indicating that the Christian stories are not original but derived from ancient Mesopotamian legend
neDBP TIL there was a planned Beetlejuice sequel called "Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian" where the Deetz family moves to Hawaii and involved Beetlejuice becoming a hero by winning a surf contest with magic. In April 2019, Warner Bros. stated the sequel remained shelved.