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TIL in WW2 a female feudal lord took control over 275 Nazis to force them to fix up her island after German occupation ended in Sark

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M7ArW TIL of a plant called Welwitschia, a living fossil, which existed before South America split from Africa (200m years ago), can live more than 2000 years and keeps the same two leaves its entire life.
mjZE TIL There is a fire in a Kyoto temple that has been perpetually burning for over 1200 years
e0VL6 TIL five golden retriever puppies died during the filming of Snow Buddies in early 2007
RZa TIL the biggest box-office star of 1930 was blacklisted for refusing to deny his homosexuality.
5Vm4r TIL: The president of France is the co-prince of Andorra.