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TIL that the Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne from 1977 until 2010 was a Titoist socialist

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PY0bn TIL that essential oils are not so named because they are necessary or indispensable. It is because they contain the essence or the smell of plants. They are smeely oils.
VMMkG TIL a TripAdvisor World City Survey ranked Moscow as worst for helpful locals and hotel quality, Punta Cana (Dominica) as worst for traveling alone, and Mumbai as worst for the overall experience.
RZ4w TIL Sir Hans Sloane visited Jamaica, where he came across a local drink; cocoa and water. Disliking it, he decided to add the cocoa to milk. He brought he recipe back to England and is now credited with the invention of chocolate milk.
9wDQG TIL Jon Favreau, creator of The Book of Boba Fett, confirmed to Patton Oswalt that the scene of Fett's hand reaching out of the sand to escape from the Sarlacc pit was cut to match Oswalt's description of it in his improvised filibuster pitch for Star Wars: Episode VII on an episode of Parks & Rec.
EMa7 TIL During a slump in the minors, Mickey Mantle told his father “I don’t think I can play baseball anymore.” His father responded with “I thought I raised a man. I see I raised a coward instead. You can come back to Oklahoma and work the mines with me.” Mantle immediately broke out of his slump.