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TIL of one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities with buildings around 1000 years old in the United States which predates European settlement

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4Xlj6 TIL Concorde had to reduce its cruising speed when it was painted blue for a promotional deal with Pepsi, because otherwise the plane would overheat
b9NMZ TIL G.H Hardy came up with a scale of mathematical ability that went from 0 to 100. He put himself at 25. David Hilbert, the great German mathematician, was at 80. Ramanujan was 100. When he died in 1920 at the age of 32, he left behind three notebooks that still inspire mathematical work today
KMVB TIL that Jack Sparrow was branded as a “pirate” because rather than selling the slaves on the ship he was Captain of, as he was commanded to, he freed them- and there’s a series that recounts his story.
X0kvR TIL the Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911, and was only recovered 2 years later when the thief tried to sell it
6EPnX TIL that William Shakespeare never actually spelled his own name as "William Shakespeare" in his works. Variants of his name include Sakspere, Sackspere, Shakespere, Shakespeer, Shakyspyer, Shaxpeare and others