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TIL it is possible to win Monopoly in 21 seconds

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94QQ TIL that Charles IX of Sweden was actually Charles III- he chose his numeral after reading a fictitious history of Sweden. Nevertheless, all Charleses since have been bumped forward 6 spots.
VB47Q TIL Postman’s Park in London contains over 50 plaques that honour individuals who died performing brave acts to save others — like rescuing people from burning buildings, saving children from drowning, or shielding others from accidents.
v4G4 TIL a town in Ireland hosts a fair in which a goat is crowned king for 3 days and hoisted on a 40 foot pedestal.
kOPN1 TIL that two French inventors who had never heard of each other before presented nearly identical techniques for producing color photographs on the same day in 1869 to the French Society for Photography.
YpWex TIL The most prolific narrator of hadiths (non Quranic stories and sermons of the Prophet) was known by the kunyah Abu Hurayrah "Father of a Kitten". Abu Hurayrah is a controversial figure as many of his 5374 hadiths lack witnesses to confirm them.