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TIL in the Netherlands there is a small community of four people living in the middle of the Afsluitdijk, the large causeway/dam that separates the North Sea from Lake Ijssel.

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ANOYl TIL: The descendants of Genghis Khan (1162 — 25 August 1227) continued to rule parts of Central Asia for 700 years until the 1920s, when they were conquered by the Bolsheviks and their states became part of the Soviet Union.
JYMp8 TIL Wario is named Wario because it's a portmanteau of the words 'Mario' and the Japanese word 'warui' (æ‚Șい), meaning "bad"- not because a W is an upside-down M to signify that he's Mario's evil counterpart.
XE75X TIL The star of the First Season of The Bachelorette, Trista Sutter is still married to the man she picked in the finale 15 years ago. They now have 2 kids.
PYJAe TIL airline pilots have to retire at 65.
9MkG TIL a child molester who appeared in over 200 photographs of abuse used a ‘digital swirl’ effect to hide his identity. He was caught after police reversed the effect.