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TIL That Star Trekkin', a parody song released in 1987, ending up charting in many countries and number one in the UK for two weeks

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KYw7G TIL that two women are known to have had sex with both Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington: the actress Marguerite Georges and the opera singer Giuseppina Grassini. According to Georges, the Duke was the better lover.
6Emp8 TIL The longest family tree in the world is that of the Chinese philosopher and educator Confucius (551–479 BC), and he is the descendant of King Tang (1675–1646 BC). The tree spans more than 80 generations from him, and includes more than 2 million members.
rbW1 TIL that, during the American Civil War, major Native American tribes endorsed the Confederates because they held slaves.
08QN TIL a 2005 article from Der Spiegel quoting Fouad Hussein predicts the future regarding the Islamic State in an eerily accurate way: “An Islamic Caliphate in Seven Easy Steps” We’re currently at phase 5 and right on schedule.
e06M5 TIL that William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy, the first Norman king of England, and ancestor to every English/British monarch since, was born a bastard.