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TIL Queen Elizabeth II is still the official monarch of Jamaica and has been since 1962

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p8NpG TIL that Mao Zedong organised the Chinese Land Reform Movement in which millions of landlords were murdered by their own tenants.
XEevR TIL Chris Columbus was originally suppose to direct "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," but dropped out because Chevy Chase was difficult to work with. A few weeks later he got the script for "Home Alone," which revitalized his career.
jpyM TIL that in 2013, a 16-year old girl survived a plane crash, only to be run over and killed by a responding fire truck.
BjnL TIL Since he didn’t speak much english at all, on his first english speaking role, Antonio Banderas had to learn his lines phonetically
QNx5X TIL the Titles of Nobility amendment, pending ratification since 1810, would strip US citizenship from anyone who "shall, without the consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office or emolument of any kind from any . . . foreign power"