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TIL that Jesus Christ was declared King of Poland in 2016

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X0kWX TIL: SS Christopher Columbus, the only 'Whaleback' ship ever built for passenger service, carried more passengers in her 40-year career than any other ship on the Great Lakes.
VMPPp TIL - On a clear night humans can see the light from a candle burning 1.6 miles away
R5aQj TIL that people who attempted suicide have a shorter life expectancy by 11 years for women and 18 for men, and it’s surprisingly largely due to non-psychiatric disease
6W4Q TIL French Queen Marie Antoinette had a fully functioning peasant village built on the grounds of Versailles. She loved strolling the village in simple shepherdess garb pretending to live a simple life milking cows or sheep, which were carefully maintained and cleaned by the servants.
69VWW TIL no one has found a larva of the titan beetle, one of the largest beetles in the world.