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TIL Weird Al Yankovic skipped two grades and was Valedictorian of his senior class

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OoWV7 TIL of Rostilov Romanov, a Russian artist and prince who is descended from the Romanov family that was assassinated during the Russian revolution in 1918. It is a common misconception that the line died with them. His wife and friends refer to him as “the artist formally known as Prince”.
nGlB TIL that as part of their training, 18 month old circus elephants are chained together and made to stand still for 23 hours a day
yQA1V TIL about the "Duffy Blood Group" which serves as a receptor for some malaria species and that it is less present in Blacks resulting in increased resistance to malaria
61xX TIL that the Ulfberht swords were so advanced in their time (800-1000 AD), that the same technology didn’t appear again for a 1000 years in Europe.
XEgej TIL Ancient Egyptians loved board games and a well-known Bronze Age game which was invented in Egypt 4,000 years ago had one player choose Hounds pegs the other Jackals pegs. Carved out of Ivory the game was found in Mesopotamia, Israel, Syria, Iran, Azerbaijan, Levant and the Mediterranean.