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TIL the Constellation Aquila - which represents the bird that carries Zeus' thunderbolts - has had 10 Novas in the 100 years between 1899 and 1999

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wLe71 TIL The term slave has its origins in the word slav. The slavs, who inhabited a large part of Eastern Europe, were taken as slaves by the Muslims of Spain during the ninth century AD.
woxRY TIL internet in the west is super expensive when compared to India
e0Gg TIL the // at the start of a URL are unnecessary, but the inventor thought they were a good idea at the time.
a84kA TIL The United States came to the aid of North Korea to fend off a pirate attack in 2007 off the coast of Mogadishu
KJeE TIL Children’s books have 50% more rare words written in them than words spoken in an average showing of adult prime-time television.