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TIL There’s still king of the Zulu

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GApag TIL Harriet Mordaunt after being convicted of adultery with Prince Edward of wales (King Edward VII), her father intervened with the courts that no impropriety had happened so she was deemed insane and spent the rest of her life in various asylums.
69v0Q TIL Shima Enaga, a small long-tailed bird that looks like a ball of snow
VBW80 TIL Bolivia and Venezuela (as the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) are named after Simón Bolívar
NxeM TIL the German Parliament building has a glass dome above it that people can walk over. This is to remind the politicians that government should be transparent, and the people are always above them.
a8nNZ TIL that the opening and ending theme songs to "Mr Rogers Neighborhood" are never played exactly the same in any of its 900+ episodes. Each episode used the same medley for the first 8 bars, and the rest was improvised and recorded, live, by jazz piano virtuoso John Costa.