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TIL that actor Nicholas Galitzine, who plays Prince Charming in Cinderella and Prince Henry in Red, White and Royal Blue, is the son of an actual prince (Prince Geoffrey Galitzine of the House of Golitsyn)

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XY5j TIL of Angus MacAskill a 7 foot 9 inch Scottish giant well known for feats of strength such as lifting a ship’s anchor weighing 2,800 pounds (1,300 kg) to chest height and the ability to carry barrels weighing over 350 pounds (160 kg) apiece under each arm.
loRdr TIL that in 1962 scientists at the University of Oklahoma decided to shoot an elephant up with LSD.
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