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TIL that there are still two living leaders from World War 2. The first is the Dalai Lama who was the leader of Tibet. The second is Tsar Simeon II who was the leader of Bulgaria.

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BggQk TIL that the name of Joanna Dark, the protagonist of the Perfect Dark video game series, is a play on the name of French heroine Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc).
l7v7V TIL of a court in France which stopped a girl being named "Nutella" and forcibly renamed her to Ella in the absence of her parents. The Judge said that the name Nutella would "only lead to teasing or disparaging thoughts," a complaint not heard by her parents as they did not attend the hearing.
YgxA TIL: Saddam Hussein was behind the world’s largest bank robbery, about $1 billion
j6N1a TIL of the Battle of May Island, a series of accidental collisions during WWI among Royal Navy vessels that resulted in 2 destroyed submarines, 3 damaged subs, 1 damaged cruiser, and 105 total deaths. No enemy forces were present.
l4nV TIL Dale Irby a PE teacher in Dallas (Texas, USA) who wore the exact same polyester shirt and knit sweater vest for the past 40 years of yearbook photos.