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TIL cult leader Jim jones was once a civil rights leader
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TIL the great grandson of Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II became a knight. His family worked their way up the political ladder to become a duke. Today the Duke of Moctezuma is still a Spanish noble family with palaces and properties in Spain.
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TIL a naturally-occurring nuclear fission reactor once formed in an African uranium ore deposit and ran for thousands of centuries.
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TIL: There is an Octopus species that cares for her eggs for 53 months, apparently not eating during this time, then dies. This brooding period is the longest known for any animal.
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TIL butterfly knives originated in the Philippines after WWII as a product marketed to American soldiers.
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TIL the word “factoid” was invented by Norman Mailer in his 1973 biography of Marylin Monroe. He defined it as things which are not necessarily true, but are repeated so often people think they are.