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TIL NFL quarterback Russell Wilson can trace his family lineage back to 524 A.D. to Arnulf of Metz, the patron saint of beer.

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JYYv4 TIL of an unnamed Chinese man who was constipated for 22 years and looked 9 months pregnant. Surgeons removed 13kg/29lbs of poop from his abdomen. He suffered from a rare congenital disease known as Hirschsprung, which causes constipation due to missing nerves inside the colon.
5VGKp TIL that Napoleon Bonaparte has no surviving legitimate descendants, but has descendants through his two illegitimate sons, Charles Léon and Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, and may have had other illegitimate children.
4d6b TIL on 1st of June 2001 the heir to the Nepalese throne - Prince Dipendra shot and killed several members of the royal family (while intoxicated) including his parents - the reigning King and Queen. This eventually lead to the abolishment of the Kingdom of Nepal.
YXPZ TIL the logo of the Royal New Zealand Air Force is the kiwi, a flightless bird.
ZMdG TIL there is a website that counts the amount of days since the last homophobe was caught in a gay sex scandal. Current score: 11 days.