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TIL There are more flamenco schools in Japan than Spain

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vPvPr TIL there are no living direct descendants of Julius Caesar. The closest descendants are from Caesar's great nephew Augustus, who had a daughter, Julia that bore 6 children.
69XgZ TIL that a pod of beluga whales adopted a lost narwhal and have accepted him as one of their own
RyX6 TIL Towers in New York can fake and exaggerate how many floors they have, using tricks like different sets of elevators to hide the missing floors
wonko TIL the French writer Guy de Maupassant ate lunch at the base of the Eiffel Tower almost every day because he hated its design so much, it was the one place in Paris where he couldn't see it.
BXlL TIL in 2002, a 86 year old man was held 45min at the airport due to a strange metal item in his pocket that TSA couldn’t understand - it was a Medal of Honor.