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TIL that Jet Tila made the world's largest stir fry.
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TIL upon landing in England, William the Conqueror slipped and fell; to play it cool he grasped two fistfuls of soil and proclaimed ‘England is ours!’
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TIL Superman was created by two Jewish artists who fashioned a superhero around the identity of Moses. Both Moses and Superman escaped death as infants, were raised by foster parents, and went on to rescued people.
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TIL Peter Norman, the Australian silver medalist photographed in the iconic 1968 Olympics photo alongside two black athletes with a raised fist wore a badge in support of their protest, and turned down a lucrative job offer during the 2000 Sydney Olympics because he refused to renounce his actions.
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TIL of Toregene Khatun, the Great Khatun and regent of the Mongol Empire from 1241 to 1246. Never before, or since, has such a large empire been ruled by woman. During that time there were women on almost every highest positions in the empire. Surprisingly, none of them had been born Mongol.
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TIL Actor Kevin Bacon pays off DJ’s when he attends weddings so that they won’t play “Footloose.”