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TIL Alexander the Great had heterochromia iridum. One of his eyes was blue and the other was brown.

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DQo5Y TIL that the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has 40,000 legally dead people who are still alive.
OGj46 TIL since 1919, Social Democratic Party has won every free election in Vienna. They enacted numerous reforms, including public housing program that accommodates quarter of the population
OoP7R TIL on 21 September 1956, a F-11 effectively shot itself down after firing a burst 20mm cannons while traveling supersonic speeds and running into it's own bullets.
OGMbg TIL: USS Fomalhaut was launched 25 January 1941 by Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc., Beaumont, Tex., as Cape Lookout, a Type C1 ship cargo ship. The launch used 7,000 pounds of ripe bananas, which the US Maritime Commission found to be an "efficient substitute" for traditional launching grease.
X0PBP TIL That Typhoon Tip was the largest most intense storm ever recorded, with winds 190 mph and size of 1380 miles wide in the south pacific, north of the Solomon Islands in 1979. Hurricane Patricia (2015) had the highest winds at 215 mph but was smaller in size and didn't last as long.