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TIL one In Four Animals Known To Science Is A Beetle

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KL7R TIL Queen Victoria’s reign of 63 years and 7 months were longer than that of any other british monarch in history and the longest of any female monarch in history.
OGDd6 TIL “pedestrianism” used to be a major spectator sport. A common challenge was to walk 1000 miles in 1000 hours. Gambling was often involved.
0wwe5 TIL that Carrie Fisher's ashes were placed in a giant Prozac pill urn
x686w TIL of Ireland's first billionaire. Sir Tony O'Reilly was a star on the Irish national rugby team, had the highest grade on the national bar exam, became CEO of Heinz ... and declared bankruptcy in 2016.
66p8 TIL that the personal bodyguards of the Byzantine Emperor were primarily Scandinavians and Anglo-Saxons. They comprised the “Varangian Guard” which was also an Elite Unit of the Byzantine Army. The loyalty and honor of these “axe-bearing barbarians” became a trope of Byzantine writers.