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TIL William Hung, known for his famous American Idol audition, is a 73rd generation descendant of Confucius

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OMe TIL that in 1752 Voltaire wrote a science fiction story about an alien from a planet orbiting the star Sirius who meets another alien from Saturn, and then they both travel to Earth. In 1752.
kO7V4 TIL in 2006 a teenage girl secretly pointed a webcam at her bed and left it running all night, hoping to prove to her mother that her father was molesting her. In spite of the video evidence, the jury voted to acquit because they thought the girl "didn't seem upset enough" during her testimony.
xVwe5 TIL that Genghis Khan is not a name, but rather a title which translates to “Ruler of the Universe”.
8lOb TIL the difference between a “gift” and a “present” is that a present must be “presented.”
WVoN TIL a man at Auschwitz voluntarily stepped in to die for a complete stranger, the man he replaced went on to live another 53 years