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

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e09KD TIL that Arthur C. Clarke (served RAF there), Simon Pegg (studied there), Gordon Ramsay (moved there at age 9), and of course William Shakespeare (lived there) all were connected with the small locus of Stradford-Upon-Avon in England.
epngb TIL that the Codex Amiatinus, the oldest complete Bible in the Latin Vulgate, was produced in Northumbria (North-East England) in around 700 AD as a gift for Pope Gregory II
oBGYL TIL Ainu people are indigenous to Hokkaidō, Japan. They have their own religion, language, and culture. Now fewer than 100 speak the language.
Wkbed TIL a single banana is called a finger and a grouping of individual bananas is called a hand.
woLk1 TIL Drivers were banned from drinking alcohol during the Indianapolis 500 in 1914. This came a year after Jules Goux drank 3 bottles of champagne during the 1913 race.