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TIL The British king or queen has two birthdays; their real birth date and one assigned to them during the summer, to assure better weather for the parade

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b94JN TIL Italy and the EU border coastal and border guard agency, Frontex, illegally funded and assisted the Libyan coast guard to capture Libyans fleeing for refuge.
4eDR TIL people started dying cheese orange back in the 17th century to fool people into thinking it was higher quality
8e7KL TIL That Artic Explorer Peter Freuchen was trapped under an Avalanche while on an Expedition. He escaped from certain death by fashioning a shiv out of his own feces and dug his way out.
p8ONN TIL that Killer Whales are not actually whales. They're dolphins.
wLDMM TIL that early on Human Genome Project was opposed by 80% of biologists