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TIL Sussex County, UK, is divided into territorial sub-divisions called "rapes"

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Qbxk TIL that DJ Khaled used to go by the name ‘Arab Attack’, but decided to change it after 9/11.
R7rml TIL that Chance the Rapper has donated several million dollars to the city of Chicago since 2017, starting with $1 million to the Chicago Public School Foundation. He has gained the support of many companies including the Chicago Bulls who donated $2.2 million to his new arts program, Social Works.
Bge1d TIL that the origins of the Cerne Abbas Giant are unknown. Modern theories include: a depiction of the Celtic god Nodens; a Romano-British depection of Hercules; a 17th century political satire of Cromwell. The famous huge erection may have been added later and definitely merged with the navel.
Egdn7 TIL the current King of Saudi Arabia, Salman, is the son of Abdul-Aziz, who founded the modern kingdom in 1932 and was its first ruler. Abdul-Aziz, also known as Ibn Saud, was born in 1875.
78W4O TIL MV Doulos Phos held the record of being the world's oldest active ocean-faring passenger ship, serving from 1914 until December 2009.