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TIL Brittain used to be called Albion

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A60x TIL in 1993, Mattel introduced “Earring Magic Ken”, featuring blonde highlights, purple shirt, lavender vest, necklace with a circular charm and earring in its left ear. Kitsch-minded gay men bought the doll in record numbers, making Earring Magic Ken the best-selling Ken model in Mattel’s history.
kOPvg TIL A group of guys made a to scale model of the solar system in Black Rock Desert, Nevada. They felt that pictures online couldn’t capture the size of our solar system and they wanted to give an accurate example.
Br8Kd TIL of the Roman military ritual evocatio, in which they'd attempt to deprive an enemy of divine protection by summoning their god and promising to worship it better
OoLOR TIL that Snorlax(1014.1 lbs) is even heavier than Wailord(877.4 lbs).
VrKm TIL that Marcus Licinius Crassus, a Roman statesman, possessed an estimated wealth of two trillion USD, which is greater than the total GDP of Russia