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TIL Barron Hilton announced that he is leaving 97% of his $2.3bn fortune to charity, slashing his granddaughter Paris Hilton’s inheritence, as well as her potential eligibility.

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XGRQ TIL that Fazal Din a soldier in the British Indian Army was impaled by a Japanese officers sword. He then turned the tables by removing the sword from his chest and killing 3 japanese Soldiers, 1 of which an officer.
b6g87 TIL that a T54 was captured and examined by the British during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution
8gnG TIL that Irving Kahn, his sisters, and his brother were, collectively, the world’s oldest living quartet of siblings. They died at age 109, 109, 101, and 103.
VBo9p TIL that the longest piece of literature ever written is a fan fiction about the popular show The Loud House, clocking in at over 16 million words and 2050 chapters.