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TIL that Half of European men share King Tut's DNA

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lolVV TIL that because Beethoven was so respected, but also irritable, the Archduke Rudolph decreed that the usual rules of court etiquette did not apply to him.
1axVV TIL that polar bears and penguins live on opposite ends of the planet, and likely never have ever met.
XWNr TIL that a severe hurricane hit Houston, USA during World War II but was kept largely a secret to the public by government authorities to prevent Axis knowledge of lost industrial capacities in the area
oR5l8 TIL of CANZUK, a proposed supranational alliance comprising of Canada, Australia, New Zealand & the UK
1xrO TIL Pope Alexander VI ordered the destruction of all art depicting a Semitic Jesus and commissioned a number of paintings depicting a Caucasian Jesus. His son, Cesare Borgia, was the model for these paintings. Thus, the nastiest of all the Borgias, became the iconic Caucasian Jesus.