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TIL that the Sultan of Morocco from 1672 to 1727 was Moulay Ismail. He had a harem of over 500 wives and concubines and fathered more than 800 children. He lived to be 81.

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KO5rw TIL in 1945, a bill was introduced to make nurses eligible for the draft because of the increased need for nurses during WWII. The bill failed, but more nurses ended up enlisting due to debate over the draft and due to the creation of simpler recruiting methods to help with the nurse shortage.
vP0Pj TIL: That Wyoming doubled for the frozen expanse of Russia in Rocky IV. The small farm where Rocky lived and trained was in Jackson Hole and Grand Teton National Park was used for filming many of the outdoor sequences in the Soviet Union.
69eWJ TIL porcelain dentures included traces of uranium up until the mid-1980s, the idea was the fluorescence provided by uranium would better mimic the colour of natural teeth
E1PdX TIL Saturation divers when not diving at extreme depths can spend almost two months at a time inside a tiny pressurized environment on board a ship and can only breathe a mixture of helium and oxygen as normal air will kill them. They do this to stay acclimated to the intense pressures they work in.
YpVbA TIL that the EU legislation guarantees a two year warranty for consumer purchases, despite what the seller might claim.