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TIL that all heredity European monarchs (plus a few claimants) all descend from John William Friso, Prince of Orange

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KYbwG TIL about Demetrio Stefanopoli; an alleged descendant of the Byzantine House of Komnenos whose claim was recognised by the French monarchy. Napoleon apparently wanted to use him to help start a Greek rebellion, even considering him for the Greek throne. His niece was the lover of Honoré de Balzac.
l677 TIL we frequently abbreviate Christmas as X-mas because of ancient tradition. X is the Greek letter “chi” which is an abbreviation for the word “Christ” in Greek.
6y18 TIL salmon sushi isn’t originally Japanese; it was introduced to the country through a desperate marketing effort by the Norwegian fishing industry, which had too much salmon
kOLg1 TIL O.J. Simpson hosted a hidden-camera reality television show in 2006 where he pulled silly pranks on unsuspecting victims. The pranks are often so ill-conceived that when O.J. utters the show’s tag line, “You’ve been juiced!” it’s unclear, what, in fact, has just happened.
gr0o9 TIL Buzz Aldrin brougth Wine and Bread on board Apollo 11 to take Communion ON THE MOON