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TIL that the actor who played Crabbe in the Harry Potter franchise was sentenced to 2 years in prison for his participation in the 2011 England riots.

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Z8LgQ TIL the Yongle Dadian was the biggest paper encyclopedia ever, comprising 22,937 manuscript rolls, or chapters, in 11,095 volumes (only 800 chapters in 400 volumes survived), on subjects such as agriculture, literature, medicine and religion
N7LZN Today I learned that the four turtles in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are named after Renaissance artists; Leo is Leonardo da Vinci, Raph is Raphael, Mike is Michelangelo, and Don is Donatello.
KYg6w TIL that the eunuch in charge of the Ottoman harem (‘the master of the girls’) was always a Black African. The reason and origins of this tradition are unknown, but the Chief Black Eunuch came to wield considerable political power
JNQ TIL that July 10th is Nikola Tesla Day
BgrQb TIL that the avant-guard Jazz musician Sun Ra is considered one the 20th centuries most prolific musical artists, having written over a thousand tracks.