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TIL China Produces More Steel than the Rest of the World Combined

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gr6d7 TIL When the 48th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili, Aga Khan III, died in 1957 his will declared his grandson his successor. This was the first time succession had not passed from father to son in the sect's 1300 year history. Aga Khan III felt that the rapidly changing world needed a young leader.
dDvAj TIL The actual origin of the word Lyric stems from poetry recited alongside someone playing a Lyre in Ancient Greece.
R5Me7 TIL Ancient Human populations living in the Indian subcontinent had a taller average height than modern humans living in the wealthiest developed countries
69NNm TIL of Armand Gagné, a peasant boy who was adopted by Marie Antoinette. After her carriage almost ran over the 5-year-old, she became so delighted with his appearance that she took him with her. The boy did not want to go and wished to stay with his family but she forcibly adopted him anyway.
1Ldr TIL For 37 years the Supreme Court did not consider movies to be protected under the 1st amendment because “they may be used for evil”.