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TIL in a 7-hour operation, a 17-year-old had 232 of his teeth surgically removed

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wLlbW TIL that Gyanendra of Nepal became King at the age of 3 in 1950 until 1951. He then reigned as the last King of Nepal from 2001 to 2008 and is also known as the world's last Hindu king
Eg8Q7 TIL that the audio in 'slow mo' videos is not the audio from the actual event being filmed, but sampled sounds added during editing.
9wrLm TIL that only reason a Scottish piper wasn't shot by German snipers on D-Day was because it was their belief that he was crazy.
NXdW6 TIL That Nascar racers lose 5-10 pounds of sweat during a race
n0RB TIL in the 70s, while Watergate was raging, a far more widely affecting scandal was being exposed: COINTELPRO – decades of FBI abuse of power and assassinations against political groups and individuals, incl. Martin Luther King, students, pacifists, women’s rights campaigners and notable Americans.