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TIL all current monarchs of Europe have one common ancestor, who died in 1711.

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QN0XM TIL it was revealed who forgot to flush in the infamous 'Disgustang' video. The younger sister made a followup video to admit to it in 2014, but it did not surface until 2019.
kyRE TIL in 1958, the Chinese captured a US Sidewinder missile just four days after it was introduced into combat when it got stuck in a Chinese jet during a dogfight with Taiwan aircraft. It was reverse-engineered into the Soviet AA-2 Atoll (K-13) missile and used against US planes in Vietnam.
nepjb TIL viruses (100nm) are smaller than the wavelength of visible light (380-740nm), so light doesn't bounce off of them. They are therefore invisible, and can only be seen with electron microscopes.
awYAo TIL of Sun Mingming, the tallest basketball player in the world at 7 feet, 9 inches. He along with his wife Xu Yan, is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's tallest living couple, with a combined height of 13 feet, 10.72 inches.
ob1E TIL US life expectancy is now projected to be on par with Mexico by 2030. Also, The USA is the only country in the OECD without universal health coverage, and has the largest share of unmet health-care needs due to financial costs.