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TIL Timothee Chalamet (29) is the oldest member of Gen Z this makes him the same Generation as his Wonka costar Calah Lane (15)

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x690o TIL Anthony Hopkins once looked throughout the whole London for the book "The girl from Petrovka". Unable to find it he headed home, only to find a manuscript off the book on a bench. It later turned out to be the authors copy, which had been in a stolen car and dumped by the theif.
R7agj Today I learned of the continuously ringing bells at Oxford University that have been going since 1840 with batteries no one wants to open to see the contents of until the bell finally ceases to ring.
rRKAy TIL in the U.S., statistics suggest that rides at mobile carnivals and fairs have a better safety record than those at fixed site parks (Disneyland, Six Flags, etc.) because the former are subject to federal oversight and inspection while the latter are not.
J7m8 TIL London has a secret, 2nd underground rail network
0wbJj TIL - the queen piece in chess used to only move one square at a time. Later on, this was changed to the movement we know today thanks to the 15th century Queen Isabella of Spain.