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TIL that Prince William and Prince Harry have Indian ancestry through an unbroken maternal line.

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rVP4 TIL Buzz Aldrin’s mother’s maiden name was, coincidentally, Moon.
Eg5eW TIL Al Qaeda called out Iran for peddling 9/11 conspiracy theories.
j6pPj TIL the SCRAM button on nuclear reactors is an acronym for Single Control Rod Axe Man, which initially was just a guy who'd cut a rope to drop in the boron control rods in an emergency
E1rR7 TIL that Since 1979, Jadav Payeng aka The Forest Man of India has been planting trees every day on the island of Majuli and Jorhat. In that time, he has built a forest reserve covering 1,360 acres and now that place has its own ecosystem.
QOvE TIL that the Amish community attacked during the West Nickel Mines School massacre was quick to forgive. They consoled the shooter’s father and widow, as well as set a charitable fund for his children.