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TIL Singer Lily Allen declined a role on “Game of Thrones” due to the character getting involved in incest... with a character played by her real-life brother.

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oRZNR TIL: Agent Orange was produced by Uniroyal Canada in Elmira, Ont., a small farming community just outside Waterloo.
4X1GN TIL a Chinese teen visiting Egypt in 2013 prompted outrage when he wrote his name on the wall of an ancient monument. He carved 'Ding Jinhao was here' in Chinese into the wall of 3,500 year old Luxor Temple.
8am08 TIL That the smallest volcano in the world its just 13 meters and its located in the middle of a city in Mexico
Zpx1Q TIL during the Battle of Waterloo the French suffered nearly 40,000 casualties making it one of the deadliest events in French military history. The defeat marked the end of Napoleon’s military career
PYvGw TIL Producer, rapper, and MC Dennis Coles, also known as Ghostface Killah, was the eldest of 9 children. He cared for two younger brothers with muscular dystrophy, lifting them in and out of their wheelchairs at 13 years old. When he found success with Wu Tang, he focused on getting them cared for.