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TIL that Camilla's great-grandmother Alice Keppel was the mistress of Charles' great-great-grandfather, King Edward VII.

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4kXPJ TIL British duo The Chemical Brothers used to call themselves The Dust Brothers (from the US duo of the same name) on their early days. They had to change it from Dust to Chemical shortly before releasing their 1st album because the US Dust Brothers threatened them to sue them if they didn't.
awkx9 TIL child prodigy who went to Oxford at age 13, went on later to work as a call girl.
vPbP4 TIL three Custer brothers and one nephew all died at the Battle of Little Big Horn, Lt Col George Custer, Double Medal of Honor recipient Capt Thomas Custer, Boston Custer, and nephew Henry Reed.
16x1r TIL that Lamine Yamal, a Spanish professional footballer, signed his first contract with FC Barcelona when he was 6 years old
9Y0j6 TIL the earliest Sanskrit text is not found in India, but in Northern Syria