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TIL Confucius’s lineage has been recorded for over 2500 years and his bloodline can be traced to today.

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4arJ TIL Maria Anna Mozart, sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was also a talented musician, but once she reached a “marriageable age”, her parents would no longer permit her to show her artistic talents.
KO5yJ TIL Ed Sheeran granted a dying fans wish, which was to hear him sing, by singing to her minutes before she died
6ER0l TIL Japanese mayonnaise Kewpie, was started in 1925 by Tochiro Nakashima, whose goal was to create a condiment that made eating vegetables more enjoyable
r80o TIL the author of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” was an experimental test subject of the CIA’s MK Ultra program.
YpblZ TIL that there's a mountain in Arizona called Sentinel Peak which is commonly referred to as A Mountain because of the giant letter "A" on its east face.