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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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XAvQ TIL that mopeds and scooters emit 10-30 times the amount of hydrocarbons per km that cars do
E1d7X TIL that Galileo was born in the same year that Michelangelo died, and died in the same year that Newton was born
NBYe TIL There’s a French delicacy that involves blinding a small bird and force feeding it before you drown in Cognac. It is then eaten in one bite with a napkin over the face to preserve the aroma.
KWpJ TIL George Lucas hasn’t been on the internet in 15 years: Not even e-mail.
89ML TIL it took early “humans” 110,000 generations of using stone tools before controlling fire, another 20,000 generations until written language was invented, and only another 250 generations until we put a man on the moon.