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8abvK TIL that the font GILL SANS was created by and named after Eric Gill, a famous British designer who admitted to sexually abusing his daughters, sisters, and a dog.
KYjja TIL about the Death on the High Seas Act, a United States federal law, which requires a shipowner to compensate a dead crewman’s family for wages he would have earned had he worked a normal life.
rNk9w TIL one of the proposed definitions for the meter was the seconds pendulum, which takes 1 second for each swing
Wkg8X TIL The nine-headed bird, also called the "Nine Phoenix", is one of the earliest forms of the Chinese phoenix, worshiped by ancient natives in Hubei Province. Due to the hostile relationship between the Kingdom of Chu and its former overlord, the nine-headed bird was demonised as a result
VBwgp TIL A Case that could destroy the internet is going before the supreme court soon.