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TIL Andrew Tate, the “manosphere” influencer’s father, Emory Tate, was an African American Chess Master, talented multi-linguist and Air Force veteran

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GYZa1 TIL Libyan leader Gaddafi spoke a dialect of Arabic that was hard for other Arabs to understand and often spoke for hours without notes by saying the first thing that came into his head. He once spoke at the London School of Oriental and African Studies by direct satellite and was 90% unintelligible
Wk1gd TIL S is an actual grade in japan above A and isn't just a video game grade
OoK5a TIL the bodies of at least 44 deceased climbers remain on Denali (formerly Mount McKinley) in Alaska.
Z8LDD TIL Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's father descended from Black Loyalists, who escaped to Nova Scotia after the Revolutionary War on the promise of British emancipation.
jOkn TIL when co-inventing the CD, Sony and Phillips agreed the length should be 74 minutes as to fit Beethoven’s 9th Symphony