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TIL the poles on Saturn are hexagons

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BgbXD TIL in 1248, Ottokar II of Bohemia was 15 years old. Several nobles convinced him to lead an attack against his father, King Wenceslaus driving him from his castle. A few months later, Wenceslaus retook power and imprisoned Ottokar. But two years later they made up and conquered Austria.
p8kAN TIL that NCAA basketball players’ numbers are required to be base 6 so that referees can signal the two numbers with fingers on each hand.
PYXvn TIL the difference between a barnacle and a limpet. I learned this while chatting with my Peruvian friend about clingy people. I call them "barnacles" and she calls them "lapas" (limpets).
kGBg TIL Sylvester Stallone, aka ‘Rambo,’ sat out Vietnam from 1965-67 teaching girls’ PE at a Swiss school, before coming back to the US to get a deferment before ultimately flunking a draft board physical
4XXMa TIL many shoe stores used to have unshielded x-ray devices, used to measure kids’ shoe fit