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TIL the oldest cave paintings in the world are in the Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, France. Scientists originally thought they were 20,000 years old, but discovered they were 35,000 years old after further inspection

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rRED4 TIL that the mother of King Henry VII gave birth to him at the age of 13. The pregnancy was so difficult for her, due to her size and youth, that it made her unable to have anymore children. By the age of 15, she’d been married 3 times.
D1lPv TIL about a French diplomat, Bernard Boursicot, who worked at the French embassy as an accountant in Beijing in 1964 who had a 20-year affair with a Chinese actress, who turned out to be both a spy and a man in drag. The diplomat claims not to have known that his lover was actually a man.
JYRK8 TIL Dolly Parton's father never learned to read, so 22 years ago she started a program to mail free books to young children. That program now sends out over 1.1 million books per month and is closing in on 100 million books total
nW5W7 TIL - The amount of water in Lake Superior can cover all of North and South America in 1 foot of water
KO0W9 TIL the actors who played the king and queen in Coming to America also played the king and queen in The Lion King.