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TIL: There was a proposal in 1902 to name Royal Navy submarines after prehistoric sea creatures

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oBB7L TIL Sports Illustrated Predicted the Houston Astros to win 2017 World Series in 2014. They even had the 2017 World Series MVP on the cover.
v1ZZD TIL that according to MIT, Magic: The Gathering is considered the world's most complex game. A proof shows that optimal play in Magic: The Gathering is so difficult that a computer would be unable to figure out the winner.
VBgaZ TIL honeybees can understand the concept of zero.
xojb TIL Robert E. Lee defended the torture of slaves as something “they must endure,” because “pain was necessary for their instruction.” Lee regularly had mothers sold or rented away from their children, sometimes as punishment. Lee’s slaves said he was the “meanest man we ever saw.”
Oo4VR TIL from the Battle of Hastings in 1066 the government of England spoke a type of French called Norman, while ordinary people spoke forms of English. Although Norman died out in England several hundred years ago, it continues in legal terms and parliament is still opened by the Queen in Norman.