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TIL: The King of Norway is 73rd in line to the British throne.

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6EEMl TIL of Yakhchāls - Ancient freezers used to make and store ice in the deserts of Iran.
rRyGx TIL Polar Bears’ fur is not white, but transparent. The long, coarse outer hairs are transparent and hollow. The thinner undercoat hairs aren’t hollow, but are still colorless. The hair appears white due the air spaces in each hair scattering light of all colors.
gxBy TIL: If you are an atheist, Saudi Arabia considers you a terrorist which is punishable by death.
N7pJ6 TIL about Rebecca Huger, an 11-year-old emancipated slave girl who posed for patriotic photos with the U.S. flag; the photos were sold to raise money for the education of freed slaves in New Orleans. "To all appearance she [was] perfectly white," like her father/former owner.
VjGm TIL that in 1856 a school master strangled a student for stepping on his tame parrot. Afterwards the boy’s father went to the school and shot the schoolmaster dead.