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TIL a toothless geriatric lion named Frasier successfully sired 35 cubs after lionesses turned down countless healthy males before him

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MAEV TIL that Bart Simpsons hit song “Do the Bartman” was written by massive Simpsons fan, Michael Jackson.
We4N TIL Legendary author Ray Bradbury was a descendant of Mary Bradbury, who was tried in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.
VBBVZ TIL there's an asteroid (technically, a minor planet having a diameter of ≈250 km) named '10199 Chariklo' that has its own ring system. It is the smallest known celestial body to have a ring system.
JYL8m TIL of the Kaningara tribe of Papua New Guinea, who used to use bamboo knives to cut the flesh of boys and young men, to fill them with the power of the crocodile spirit.
dDL8d TIL that during World War I, a German armed merchant cruiser, disguised as the British ocean liner HMS Carmania, was unexpectedly confronted and sunk by the real HMS Carmania in a head-to-head clash.