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

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mrv TIL that the most pizzas Dominoes sold in one night was during the [live] O.J. Simpson Ford Bronco chase.
00Wp TIL The wreck of a WW2 “Liberty ship” is sitting off the coast of Kent and it’s loaded with 1400 tonnes of explosives, the equivalent of a small nuclear device.
78DoM TIL that the person who co-wrote the Christopher Nolan Batman Trilogy also co-wrote Call of Duty Black Ops I and II
9wdyG TIL A Dominican man survived nearly a month at sea with nothing but ketchup and seasonings.
NXdGN TIL Sloth babies usually survive if they lose their grip on their mom and fall but sometimes, the mother sloth doesn’t want to go on the ground to pick the baby up because she'd risk being seen by predators.