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TIL French was the mother tongue of every English king until Henry IV

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1kLP TIL Mary-Kate Olsen refused to speak to authorities about the death of Heath Ledger without the promise of legal immunity
Y7k7x TIL about a set of reports known as 'The Family Jewels' detailing illegal activities conducted by the the CIA from 1959 to 1973 including funding of behavior modification research on unwitting US citizens, including unscientific, non-consensual human experiments.
XQOE TIL Rather than use CGI, Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory(2005).
6945Q TIL That there are beauty pageants that focus on natural beauty and love from ones community
yQ6Pv TIL that out of the 31 teams currently in the National Hockey League, over 1/3rd have never won the Stanley Cup (11/31 teams). Four have not even made it to the finals.