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TIL that Hans Christian Andersen wrote The Little Mermaid at the same time a man he was in love with became engaged to a woman, and he was overcome with sorrow

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4XbRa TIL for nearly a century, Jimmy Red corn was used by bootleggers to make moonshine whiskey. The variety nearly went extinct in the early 2000s, but two remaining ears of corn were used to revive it.
8Zd4 TIL New York Point lost out to Braille in the “War of the Dots” when Helen Keller considered it inferior to Braille. Her claim that it caused literacy problems among blind children was one of the chief arguments against New York Point and by 1916 Braille prevailed.
YpWOB TIL Korea's Royal Palace was burnt down during the 1592 Japanese invasions and left in ruins for over 250 years. It was rebuilt in the 1860s but later destroyed by Japan to build the colonial government building in its place. As of now, work has been ongoing for over 4 decades to restore the site.
kJYkE TIL that there was an FBI agent that warned them that Al-Qaeda would attempt to bomb the world trade center again, and he died in 9/11 after he left the FBI
wLBNW TIL That on Queen Elizabeth II's trip to New Zealand in 1981, a 17-year old fired at gun at her, hoping to kill her