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TIL Dodi Fayed, Princess Diana’s partner, who also tragically died in the car crash with her, was the cousin of assassinated Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. They were both nephews of Saudi billionaire arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi.

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1oDD TIL there is a stone in London enclosed within the walls of building, yet nobody knows its original purpose, and has been recorded in literature and maps since 1100AD.
xVmNg TIL that wild camels used to roam British Columbia for 43 years. During the gold rush people thought it was a good idea to use camels as pack animals. Their soft feet ended out making them ill suited for the rocky terrain. They were let loose and multiple generations survived, last seen 1905.
yllp TIL that after starring in SHAUN OF THE DEAD, Simon Pegg was asked by an interviewer interviewer asked if he planned to carry on making films in Britain, to which he replied: ‘Well, I’m not about to go and star in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III.’
ADYZ4 TIL Basil Zaharoff sold the Greek government a submarine. He then told the Turks that Greece had a submarine, so they bought two. Then he told the Russians the Turks had two submarines, so they bought two as well. None of the submarines worked.
4X8Wo TIL Terrence Howard thinks 1x1=2. He has detailed a system called “Terryology” that he believes is “true universal math”. For a time he also devoted up to 17 hours a day to cutting up wires and plastic to form building-block-like contraptions he believes will bring truth to the universe.