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TIL the most popular surname in the world is Wang

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KYyaw TIL that the element Samarium was named after Russian mining engineer Vassili Samarsky-Bykhovets. It was the first element to be named after a person.
GYe8N TIL On The Beatles 1964 and 1965 tours of North America, the concerts would often end with Paul's wild vocal version of Little Richard's hit-song Long Tall Sally. Paul McCartney had played the song Long Tall Sally to impress John Lennon when the two met for the very first time
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NX818 TIL about Kriss Donald. This 15 year-old was murdered in 2004 by a gang of five men who had been in a fight with White people that week and decided to get collective vengeance against Whites. They found him, kidnapped him, gouged his eyes off, castrated him, stabbed him and finally set him on fire