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TIL that it has been mathematically proven that every European currently alive is descended from Charlemagne

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p89we TIL that despite the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Bombing of Tokyo was even worse. Over 100,000 people were killed, several times that number injured, and 1,000,000 displaced in a napalm-filled, incendiary bomb attack by 334, low-flying B-29 bombers.
LQoPP TIL: the child voice actors for Bluey are kept secret
QZEk TIL the first U.S. pennies had the inscription “Mind Your Business”.
KOAR9 TIL of the film '100 Years', due to be released in November 2115. Written by and starring John Malkovich, the film is kept in a high-tech, bulletproof glass safe that will open automatically on its release date, 100 years after its announcement
V0VG TIL that a 3rd century BC Emperor’s son named Modu Chanyu tested his guards’ loyalty by ordering them to kill his favorite horse and then his favorite wife. Those who refused he executed, and those who didn’t he later ordered to shoot his father. None failed to do so, and he became Emperor.