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TIL Actor Billy Dee Williams (Lando from StarWars) Promotes A Life View Without The Concept Of Race. He Sees Himself As A "Universal Being Part Of The Cosmos" And Since The 80s Has Criticized Show Business For Creating Race Stereotypical Characters Which He Has Avoided As An Actor.

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Nk1b TIL that Ottoman sultan Mehmed II. was 21 when he conquered Constantinople, was reputed fluent in several languages, including Turkish, Serbian, Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Greek and Latin and had an affair with the younger brother of Vlad Drăculea, the literary model for the Bram Stoker’s Dracula
e0aa6 TIL Until the late 15th century the word ‘girl’ simply means a child of either sex. Male babies were called ‘knave girls’ and female babies were referred to as... ‘gay girls’.
0Awp TIL Only 16 companies on Earth have a larger revenue than The Catholic Church ($170 Billion)
4kYw TIL China has a law that requires cosmetics to be tested on animals. Therefore, many companies have started testing again in order to sell their products in China.
oRrk7 TIL Tina Turner has been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame... twice. Once as Ike & Tina Turner, and a second time as solo artist.