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TIL Will Smith is now older than Uncle Phil was at the beginning of “The Fresh Prince.”

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R7dO6 TIL that in 1862, during the height of the U.S. Civil War, 40 U.S. Marines where called to help with the extraordinary rendition of two Confederate diplomats from the U.S. consulate in Tangier.
b9gNN TIL Idris Elba broke an 88-year-old land speed record in a Bentley
xVQow TIL Sorry!, Trouble, Ludo, and Parcheesi are all western versions of an old Indian game, Pachisi, that was first played in the 4th century
QNPek TIL that honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3000 years old and still perfectly edible.
P178n TIL: The Sedlec Ossuary contains the skeletons of between 40,000 and 70,000 people, whose bones have been artistically arranged to form decorations and furnishings such as a bone chandelier. Some arrangements were by a half blind monk in 1511. It is now a tourist attraction and featured in movies.