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TIL that the country that shares the largest border with France is... Brazil!

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8dgG TIL The White Ship disaster, 1120, in which drowned William Adelin, the only legitimate son and heir of King Henry I of England, his half-sister Matilda, and his half-brother Richard, leading to a succession crisis and a period of civil war in England known as the Anarchy.
b9GE9 TIL Barbie was modeled after a racy gag gift for adults and besides being just lovers, Barbie and Ken are named after a real life brother and sister: the son and daughter of the creator, Ruth Handler.
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PvGJ TIL Carl King, with no prior background in law, took it upon himself to prove his friend was innocent after being jailed for 21 years. The jury convicted Colin Warner on charges of second degree murder based solely on the eyewitness testimony from a 14 year old boy who admitted to lying on the stand