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TIL that early versions of Sudoku started appearing in French newspapers in the late 19th century, with the paper La France’s version called the “diabolical magic square”

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XExLR TIL in 1900, a sealed cave was discovered in China's Gansu province containing 1,100 scrolls and 15,000 Buddhist texts. Believed to have been sealed around 1002, the last recorded date, the cave contained lost texts and the earliest dated printed book, a copy of the Diamond Sutra printed in 868.
wLkNo TIL the Wright brothers may not have done what they did if not for a hockey accident that sent Wilbur Wright into a depression, causing him to cancel his plans of going to Yale, and eventually open the bicycle shop with his brother.
R7jb1 TIL References to Glasgow-born Sir John A Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister, have recently been removed from Scotland.org sites. References to the Sir John A Great Canadian Kilt Skate, an ice skating event in Canada funded in part by the Scottish government, have also been removed
ENvX TIL that one of Russia’s most popular ‘90s TV shows challenged contestants to steal a car. If they could evade police for 35 minutes, they got to keep it. The show was pulled after being linked to a rise in car thefts.
8ajQL TIL the striped appearance of some tulips was originally caused by a virus that infects their bulbs to “break” their solid colors. This appearance was highly sought after during the 17th century Dutch “tulip mania;” however, the virus results in smaller tulips with weakened bulbs and shorter stems.