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TIL that there is a Disney Professor of Archaeology at Cambridge, named for its benefactor, antiquarian John Disney.

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Vlx4 TIL India’s richest person, Mukesh Ambani, built a $1 billion home. It has 27 habitable floors, including six parking floors for capacity of up to 168 cars. A staff of 600 maintain the home.
grK9X TIL that lemurs of the Indriidae family have feet so modified to grab onto and jump between trees that they can't properly walk on ground. Instead they must hop around like complete madmen.
MRL0 TIL that in Finland you are given a top hat and a sword when you get a PhD diploma.
oGQ8 TIL that Ben Johnson the Olympic sprinter was robbed of $4900 by a gang of Gypsy children. He gave chase but was unable to catch them.
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