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TIL the person who has had the worlds longest name ever had a 666 letter surname, made up of 26 forenames and 1 very long surname all together.

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R7VA6 TIL That in 1651 the Penderel brothers escorted young Prince Charles II from safe house to safe house after his defeat in the Battle of Worcester. Their descendents still receive £100 per year as a reward.
Yp66A TIL that the Uruguayan navy once use stale cheese as cannonballs once they had run out during a battle against Brazil. The Uruguayans won the battle.
7bQZ TIL That Telsa had an idea for wireless power, but at the time it was too expensive and that there was no purpose for wireless electricity. He essentially went insane and called humanity selfish with lack of vision for the future.
4R8J TIL after a Soviet hostage was found dead, KGB agents castrated the nephew of the hostage taker and sent the severed organs as well as a list of other known family members to the hostage taker. The remaining Soviet hostages were quickly released.
WMNB TIL that in 1972, a serbian flight attendant fell from 33000ft (10000m) after the plane she was flying in was torn apart by an explosive device. She survived the fall without permanent injuries.