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TIL Joseph Stalin’s granddaughter is a Buddhist, lives in Portland, and owns a “vintage clothing” boutique.

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0DVM TIL the 2020 Olympics will take place in Tokyo, as predicted in the manga Akira in 1982
loXRa TIL that cereal box characters are drawn looking down so when they are on the supermarket shelf they make eye contact with children which makes the child want the product.
MeZ6V TIL that Edoardo Agnelli, son of former Fiat owner and immediate heir of the Fiat empire. Had converted to Shia Islam and became a close friend to Iran's government in the 80s
YpVDA TIL of the English succession wars which all started because 3 of England's potential heirs drowned in the English Channel. The white ship sank in 1120 with the legitimate son of Henry 1st, William, his bastard, Richard and his daughter Matilda, on board.
N7RRb TIL about the tragic story of the The Flying Dutchman. A C-47 airplane, nicknamed The Flying Dutchman, was hit by a strong down draft of wind in New Guinea causing it to crash. The occupants who had survived carved daily entries on the door for those who would eventually find them.