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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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oBjGA TIL that California is named after a mythological queen who ruled over an island nation of black warrior women and fought with an army of trained griffins.
N64E TIL it’s cheaper to buy and maintain an actual Jaguar than it is for the car.
R5v66 TIL of the Association of German National Jews - a pro-Hitler Jewish organisation. Founded in 1921 as an anti-communist body it wholeheartedly supported Hitler arguing his anti-Semitic stance was only rhetoric. It was banned in 1935 and it's founder taken by the Gestapo.
4Yob TIL that a deleted scene from Bruce Almighty shows Bruce using his newfound powers to give Evan (Steve Carell) a horrific nosebleed before setting him on fire. The producers cut the scene as it was considered “too dark”.
X0MXj TIL the final surrender of the confederates in the American Civil War was in Liverpool (England) when the CSS Shenandoah surrendered 6 months after Palmito Ranch (the last battle in May 1865)