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NGAb TIL most English and French kings had relatively open affairs and that the offspring of these affairs (Royal Bastards) were often given wealth, land, and regal titles
4k98b TIL The strongest known material in the universe is nuclear pasta, believed to exist in the center of a neutron star.
N7ydQ TIL in 1998, all 11 members of a soccer team in Africa were killed by lightning while leaving the other team unhurt.
b9rO0 TIL Rumors during WW2 were that the Germans had destroyed a Canadian WW1 war memorial to peace, in France. Angered by this, Hitler invited the worlds press to photograph him there, to prove the Germans hadn't damaged it.
XEPLQ TIL Michael Moore made a late talk show pilot for Fox in the 90s, which guest Kevin Smith. He also had O.J. Simpson as a guest, his first interview after the trial and the audience booed both Moore and OJ. Fox scrapped the project and never aired the pilot, and the footage was never publicly shown.