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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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9Ymm TIL The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that the nation’s population is 314,159,265, or roughly pi times 100 million.
jnVR TIL measuring 4086mi^2, the largest salt pan Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is so flat that rain can’t drain, creating the world’s largest natural mirror. It’s also 5x better for satellite calibration than the surface of the ocean, and an elevation measurement accuracy of 0.8 inches
KO4YQ TIL that one time Queen Elizabeth hazed the crown prince of Saudi Arabia by speedily driving him around narrow Scottish estate roads in a Land Rover. At the time it was still illegal for women to drive in Saudi Arabia.
9ADD TIL that Seymour Cray (the genius behind the Cray Supercomputer) claimed that elves in a tunnel he was digging under his house would give him advice.
NaWP TIL that Polar Bears have black skin and translucent fur, and only appear white because of luminescence