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TIL the first British Indian member of parliament was Dadabhai Naoroji, elected in 1892 representing Finsbury Central

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YRYv TIL that when Pope John Paul II visited Chile, he asked a crowd of tens of thousands to refuse greed and consumerism –to which they replied «yes», to reject the idol of power, «yes», but when he asked them to reject the idol of «sex and pleasure», the whole stadium replied an outright «NO!»
wLRKP TIL Abraham Lincoln's youngest son's nickname was Tad because of his large head and he was "as wiggly as a tadpole."
W77V9 TIL about the “true history”. A short satirical novel written in the 100s by Lucian of samosata that has been stated by some to be the oldest Sci-fi novel in history. It features Lucian travelling to the moon, getting embroiled in a war between the moon and sun and meeting the heroes of the illiad.
E1OlV TIL that Princess Diana's late boyfriend Dodi Al-Fayed, who was also in the fatal car crash in 1997, was first cousins with Jamal Khashoggi.
grPpX TIL that there was a Banquet of Chestnuts - Where the then Pope had a “banquet” with 50 “Courtesans”, then took the candles and put them on the ground and threw chestnuts on the ground and awarded prizes for best performance in picking up the chestnuts in creative ways.