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TIL that Jan Jansz de Weltevree, the first Dutch sailor that arrived to Korea, married there, passed the civil service examinations and became a government official. Later on he helped translate for other Dutch sailors that ended up stranded in Korea

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TIL that Jan Jansz de Weltevree, the first Dutch sailor that arrived to Korea, married there, passed the civil service examinations and became a government official. Later on he helped translate for other Dutch sailors that ended up stranded in Korea

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TIL that after traveling for more than 48 years at a speed of over 61,000 km/h, Voyager 1 still hasn’t traveled a distance of even one light-day from Earth. To put that in perspective, the closest star is 4.24 light-years away (a journey of over 74,000 years for Voyager 1 at its current pace).

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TIL that a young woman named Victoria von Hohenlohe-Langenburg is currently the most titled aristocrat in the world. She holds 43 officially recognized titles. Including 5 dukedoms, 16 marquessats, 17 countships, 4 visconcies and is 10 times grandee of Spain.

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TIL that the diving beetle plays a role in a Cherokee creation story. According to the narrative, upon finding nowhere to rest in the “liquid chaos” the beetle brought up soft mud from the bottom. This mud then spread out to form all of the land on Earth.

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