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TIL - Barbara Walters told Corey Feldman “you’re damaging an entire industry” When he came forward about Hollywood abuse.

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9wZKG TIL that Ugandan Dictator Idi Amin Dada laid claim to the Scottish throne and offered to marry Queen Elizabeth to lead the Commonwealth. When she refused, he had four local British businessmen carry him around in a sedan chair at a diplomatic conference in Uganda.
kJxp4 TIL That the English privateer Sir Francis Drake was nicknamed El Draque "The Dragon" by the Spanish because of his fearsome reputation.
QJoGX TIL about Nikolai Vavilov who, obsessed with ending famine, created the world's largest collection of plant seeds, advancing the genetic study of cultivated plants. He faced anti-Mendelian forces during the Stalin era, leading to arrest in 1940. Ironically, he died in captivity, by starvation.
Y7PK7 TIL on 26 June 2018, the city of Quriyat in Oman has recorded the highest “low” temperature in known history, clocking in at a low temperature of 42.6°C (108°F). Not only did Quriyat hit that astonishing low temperature, it remained that hot for nearly 51 hours
kra5 TIL that there is a counterfeit egg industry in China, and one person can make approximately 1500 of them per day.