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TIL the oldest object in England’s Crown Jewels is a spoon

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Ypl8d TIL that the last recorded member of the Palaiologos dynasty, rulers of the Byzantine Empire from 1259 until its fall to the Ottomans in 1453, was a woman named Godscall Paleologue who was born in London in 1694. Nothing else is known about her.
5V1Jp TIL that Mila Kunis, is an avid player of the online game 'World of Warcraft.' She once revealed in interviews that she would play anonymously, fully immersing herself in the game without other players knowing they were teaming up with a hollywood actress.
yQRg8 TIL about "Conflicting Out" - the act of interviewing several top attorneys as a tactic to prevent one's spouse from hiring those attorneys in a divorce, as it creates a conflict of interest.
oYDK TIL that the person who designed Hitler’s bunker had a grandson who went on to design Saddam Hussein’s bunker.
N7W8e TIL Interstate 10 in Texas is the longest continuous untolled freeway in North America that is operated by a single authority, the longest stretch of Interstate Highway with a single designation within a single state (877.455mi), and a portion of it is believed to be the widest freeway (26 lanes)