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TIL: Chifforobe is not spelled Shiftrobe.

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VdO0 TIL the last emperor of china, Puyi, became emperor at 2 then, shortly after, china became a republic. Puyi like many other Chinese emperors stayed separated from the rest of China in the forbidden city. No one told Puyi he was no longer emperor until his mid teenage years.
Wk7a8 TIL that Aeschylus, the ancient Greek tragedian, was supposedly prophesied to die from a falling object, and therefore stayed outdoors. He was killed when an eagle dropped a tortoise on him, mistaking his bald head for a rock.
gMMjy TIL in 2010 Lewis Hamilton paid over $300,000 for his Formula 1 licence
jpkj TIL Alan Rickman almost turned down his first film role - Hans Gruber in Die Hard; changed his mind and suggested wearing a suit and pretending to be a hostage
RLnl TIL Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to summit Mount Everest, traveled to the North Pole in 1985 with Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. Hillary thus became the first man to complete the 3 Pole Challenge (North, South, Everest)