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TIL that King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia is the only ruling monarch in the world to be fluent in Czech.

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wLJ96 TIL Author Robert E. Howard imagined Conan the Barbarian and his people the Cimmerians as being the direct ancestors of Irish and Scottish people.
QNDRM TIL the FBI is recommending adblockers as necessary
4XplN TIL Despite being apex predators, orcas do not see humans as prey and they are even docile to them in some circumstances. There are no modern reports of fatalities caused by wild orcas.
WKN8 TIL The Space Needles center of gravity is at 5 ft from the ground.
ELRd TIL despite the ongoing Arab Boycott of Israel since 1948, Israel has achieved a higher GDP than all of the participants except for the oil rich Kuwait and Qatar, and the participants stand to lose $30 billion from not trading with Israel by 2020.