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TIL two former captive beluga whales, Little Grey and Little White, were flown 6000 miles, from China to Iceland.

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JY754 TIL about Wilfred Pickles, a northern English BBC newsreader during the Second World War. Because of his strong Yorkshire accent, he was chosen for the job as "a deliberate attempt to make it more difficult for Nazis to impersonate BBC broadcasters".
v1o57 Today I Learned that there are ten honorary Harlem Globetrotters, including Nelson Mandela, Whoopi Goldberg, and Pope John Paul II
5Ar TIL Sobhuza II was the king of Swaziland for 82 years and 9 months which is the longest documented monarchical reign. He had 70 wives, 210 children, and over 1000 grandchildren.
rn4e TIL 26 of 36 missing children were found after being featured in Soul Asylum’s “Runaway Train” video.
EA1X TIL It is likely that Brutus was Caesar’s first son and that Caesar might have suspected it before being assassinated by him.