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TIL Lake Chad used to be part of a larger lake promptly called "Mega-Chad"

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XEARE TIL in addition to his famous sword, "Excalibur," King Arthur had a spear named "Ron."
6NmJ TIL Adwaita, the turtle, was born before Mozart, before the French Revolution, and his death was announced by CNN. His estimated age was just over 250 years. He died in 2006
grXBy TIL that Lindsay Lohan auditioned for the role of Cora, the little girl in Titanic. Cameron turned her down because her red hair was too similar to Kate Winslet’s character.
neY5G TIL: A major contributor to the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was an insane murderer who made submissions for several years before the editor attempted to visit him finding he lived in an asylum.
bPQ4 TIL that in 6 days Queen Elizabeth will become the longest reigning British Monarch