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TIL that Brazil has more Lebanese people than Lebanon

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0waDN TIL A medieval French soldier climbed up a toilet into a besieged castle to let his army in. King John of England had specifically requested that toilet be installed for personal use during church services. The castle’s fall led to English loss of Normandy and the signing of the Magna Carta.
PYZ9E TIL That the number zero was invented in India more than a thousand years ago
OG6vL TIL JT LeRoy wrote two novels on his tragic childhood, dubbing him a genius of his generation, sparking a race for their film rights. He was friends with celebs like Madonna & Winona Ryder, talking to them for hours over the phone. It turns out JT Leroy didn’t exist and was in fact entirely made up.
Ll0m TIL Vladimir Putin is a black belt in Judo and produced an instructional video called “Lets Learn Judo with Vladimir Putin” in 2008.
8evAa TIL that not only does the Mediterranean Sea have Great White sharks, but that historically they were some of the biggest every caught.