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TIL the King of Swaziland has 15 Wives, including 2 appointed by his government

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AKrl TIL the boring, monotone lecture Ben Stein delivers in Ferris Bueller was originally meant to be off-camera, but the student extras laughed so hard at his voice that John Hughes decided to shoot it. It was a topic that Stein actually knew a lot about, supply-side economics, and it was improvised.
8Z5Z TIL some sources say that Kim Il-Sung, founder of North Korea, could actually be an impostor, as he might have stolen the name of a resistance leader who had died
lbL1 TIL That Tug-of-War is a dangerous game that has killed multiple people and injured many more after the ropes snapped under the tension.
rpjM TIL that some chimpanzees and monkeys have entered the stone age
LkbEV TIL of Perpetua, a 3rd century martyr, by attack of wild animals. In the midst of the attacks, she would fix her dress and her hair to preserve her dignity. She eventually died by guiding the sword of a shaky soldier to her own neck.