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TIL Beyoncé got her name from her mother's maiden name.

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Ool5L TIL Henry Ford was an anti-semite and was given an award by the nazi regime in 1938
oYn8 TIL that Hans and Margret Rey, two jews, fled Paris in 1940 on bicycles Hans had built. They escaped just hours before the Nazis seized Paris. Among the few possessions they carried was the illustrated manuscript of the first Curious George book, which they would later get published in New York.
KWXG TIL that a Roman envoy stopped the Seleucid invasion of Egypt by drawing a circle around their king and daring him to literally cross the line.
pjnZ TIL as of May 19, 2016, Betty Reid Soskin at age 94, she is the oldest National Park Ranger serving the United States.
a8YdZ TIL that Bismuth, the active ingredient in Pepto-Bismol, technically has no stable isotopes - however its most stable and common isotope has a half-life more than a billion times the age of the universe. (Some more facts in the comments)