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TIL Adele has the best selling album of the 21st century

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X7bk TIL the Sir Isaac Newton quote “If I have seen further than others, it is only because I was standing on the shoulders of giants,” in its original context, was an insult to Robert Hooke, a short and mildly hunchbacked scientist who claimed Newton stole his work from.
RAaQ TIL the dates from 5th october 1582 to 15th october 1582 don’t exist due to the change from Julian calendar to Gregorian calendar in most of Europe
X0ZJQ TIL while most people think of elephants and rhinoceros when it comes to poaching for their ivory, hippopotamus are also a victim. Hippos may not have tusks or horns, but their front teeth are made of ivory, which is even harder than an elephants. This greatly contributes to their endangered status.
QNDdX TIL sid meier's civilization 6 has a board game with every civilization except portugal
b60e0 TIL Wilhelm II received the Order of the Garter as a birthday present for his 18th birthday by his grandmother, Queen Victoria