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TIL the last King of Bulgaria was banished as a child but later returned and became Prime Minister

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eJdD TIL about Norman Borlaug who was an American agronomist and humanitarian, Borlaug was often called “the father of the Green Revolution” and is credited with saving over a billion people worldwide from starvation.
kOnnm TIL that Lucy Lawless is fascinated by the criminal justice system, and goes to court on her days off to sit in the witness gallery and observe trials in progress.
EgdEW TIL about the popular myth of the dinosaur "butt brain" or "hind brain", a second brain located near the hips that was supposed to control the movement of the legs and tail
dDYxr TIL about Prussian Heinrich Berger, an officer of the imperial German army and honored with the title of "Father of the Hawaiin music". He collaborated with King Kalakaua to create Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī, the national anthem of Hawaiʻi.
d84rK TIL of Mary Jane Rathbun, an elderly hospital volunteer who became known for baking and distributing cannabis brownies to San Francisco AIDS patients in the 1980's.