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TIL the last Tsar of Bulgaria was deposed in 1946 and became Prime Minister 55 years after being deposed

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BrVKe TIL that in Star Trek, Captain Kirk's phrase "You have the conn" has its origins in early battleships dating as far back as the 1860s; these ships were built with conning towers. A conning tower is a raised platform on a ship or submarine from which an officer in charge can issue commands.
eDg4 TIL a Buddhist monk who burned himself in front of the Cambodian embassy named Thich Quang Duc, when re-cremated after burning, his heart remained in tact.
4XGw TIL the original Pokémon themesong suggested looking for Pokémon “under the earth, under the clouds, and under that girl’s skirt…”
YvYB TIL a Russian man died after having a 12-hour sex marathon with two female friends
BrJey TIL About Lysenkoism, an agricultural practice that rejected "bourgeois science" and caused multiple famines in China and the Soviet Union.