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TIL David Attenborough's full title is Sir David Attenborough OM CH CVO CBE FRS FSA and he also has 32 honorary degrees

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9wO4D TIL The 38th book in the Oz (Wizard of Oz) book series, written in 1949, entered the public domain in 1977, but the 39th Oz book, written in 1951, won't enter the public domain until 2047.
M7ROW TIL the Persian King Agha Mohammad Khan commanded the killing of two attendants for their loudness. On a holy day, he delayed their execution for a day and had them go back to their work. The attendants assassinated the king while he was sleeping that night.
daaK TIL around 1000 AD there was a Native American city with a population around 50,000, and that archeologists aren’t sure how it became a ghost town by 1300 AD.
PVlV TIL Gene Wilder is still alive, and hasn’t acted in a movie, because he is tired of “the bombing, shooting, killing, swearing and 3-D.”
4ko6 TIL that Japanese folklore contains a creature known as Ashiarai Yashiki, a giant foot that crashes through the roof in the middle of the night, demanding the terrified homeowner wash it.