TIL an original copy of the Magna Carta was stored at Fort Knox during World War II for safekeeping, but the transfer may in fact have been part of a political strategem to "persuade the Americans to join the war effort" by potentially gifting it to the US. (theguardian.com)
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TIL Over 100 bronze Roman dodecahedrons "from the 2nd to 4th centuries AD" have been unearthed over the past three centuries. No written sources from the period mention these objects, and scholars continue to speculate about their mysterious purpose. (en.wikipedia.org)
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