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Oo9QR Today I learned about the life of Tlatoani Nezahualcoyotl one of the greatest kings of the pre-Columbian era in America and about his incredible life in which he was a poet, engineer, legislator, philosopher, and a war that killed 14 rival kings with his own hands and father of 110 children.
bQo0 TIL from 1908–1940, Sears sold 75,000 homes through their mail-order “Modern Homes” program. There were 447 different housing styles to choose from.
yVAKa TIL a three-way civil war between Chinese Muslim rebels, a Tajik warlord, and Qing forces commanded by general Zuo Zongtang (also called General Tso) in western China between 1862 and 1877 resulted in over 20 million deaths. It was concurrent with the more famous Taiping rebellion.
b90OQ TIL Malabar Giant Squirrels are real and very colorful!
VbWD TIL when negotiating with Americans in the 1850’s, the Japanese leader inflated his title from Shogun (meaning “general of the army”) to Taikun (meaning “great prince/lord”). The title then entered the English language as “Tycoon,” and was adopted as a nickname for Abraham Lincoln by his staff