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BgeAW TIL Marilyn Monroe was actually Jewish, converting after marriage.
wojDJ TIL Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt. More than 200 pyramids were built in Sudan, as opposed to the 118 pyramids in all of Egypt, during the ancient reign.
5YNek TIL that the Hapsburg's are (1) still around and (2) were one of Hitler's biggest internal enemies (in the German speaking world) in WW2
RVg4 TIL the assassination of the Archduke of Austria, which set off WWI, was due to a wrong turn. After a first failed attempt and the conspirators giving up on the mission, the Archduke decided to visit the injured in the hospital and accidentally drove past one of them after taking a wrong turn.
9kWm TIL in the 17th century in the Netherlands, there was a tulip flower bubble that allowed tulip traders to earn the equivalent of almost $62,000 USD a month.