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TIL that the Indian subcontinent used to be the largest economy of any region in the world between the 1st and 18th centuries

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0wlMM TIL Harry Patch, the last surviving combat soldier of WW1 to have fought in the trenches, died aged 111 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day
MeAoK Today I learned that in the US all men between the ages of 18 and 25, must register for selective service (Formely the draft), failing to so may result in fines up to $250k, and up to 5 years of prison (felony), and may have impact on future rights, voting, grants etc. It has never applied to Women.
l76RN TIL: Timothy Dexter was an eccentric businessman known for his improbably successful investments. He was fooled to send bed warmers to the West Indies (hot), but sold them as ladles, he exported stray cats to the Caribbean who used them to kill rats, etc. He also told people his wife was a ghost.
jrPE TIL David Miscavige’s wife has been missing since 2007. He is the leader of the Church of Scientology.
8BVL TIL there is a 6-year high school in Chicago where students graduate with an associate’s degree on top of a high school diploma, along with a $40,000+ job opportunity at IBM.