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TIL Jesus Christ is officially the king of Poland

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640X TIL that a man broke into Buckingham Palace. While eating cheddar cheese, he viewed the royal portraits, sat on the throne for a while, and drank half a bottle of wine before he became tired and left.
OoOxa TIL Van Gogh's The Starry Night actually includes the planet Venus in the night sky depiction
oN8o TIL Opossums are the only non-primate with opposable thumbs, and they’re the only North American marsupial (meaning they have a pouch, like kangaroos)
wL6W1 TIL that Tsar Bomba (most powerful explosive ever detonated by mankind; 4000x Hiroshima; 59 mi high mushroom cloud 10x height of Mt. Everest) was dropped with a parachute so the release plane could fly 28 miles away, giving the crew a 50% chance of survival...
MeNG8 TIL that during the Salem witch trials, no one was burned at stake. They were hanged, left to die in prison, or pressed.