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TIL The true size of Africa.
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TIL an heir presumptive is a person first in the line of succession, but who can be displaced by the birth of another. An heir apparent cannot be displaced.
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TIL the United States was secretly listening in as Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov burned alive on reentry, crying in rage at the Engineers who designed and built his faulty space capsule.
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TIL the founder of Domino’s Pizza met his wife while delivering pizza. On Valentine’s Day after their second date, he gave her a heart-shaped pizza.
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TIL of the Republic of Kalmykia, a region of western Russia where the predominant religion is Buddhism
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TIL the present-day eastern edge of Tennessee was an autonomous territory named Franklin (or Frankland) that self-governed for 4 years. It applied to become the 14th US state, but dissolved after the vote failed in Congress.