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TIL Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning both use their middle names as their given names as per family tradition.

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KYOXR TIL in 1272 the theft of a cow in the town of Ciney led to a 6 years war and thousand of death
kO0em TIL that the Chinese equivalent of "when pigs fly" is "when the sun rises in the West." Other variants include "when the crayfish whistles" (Russian), "when the crow turns white" (Tagalog), "when the fish climbs the poplar" (Turkish), and "when it snows red snowflakes" (Hungarian).
vwr8 TIL There were ancient stone tablets in Japan’s recent tsunami struck areas with inscriptions “Do not build your homes below this point!”
waLE TIL when emperor Caracalla visited Alexandria, he was greeted with satires of him and other insults. He responded by massacring the city’s citizens and pillaging it afterwards.
54Ek TIL that Aron Eisenberg (47), who played Nog on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine underwent a kidney transplant when he was a teenager, which stunted his growth at 5 feet