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TIL Rapper Busta Rhymes voiced Reptar from Rugrats

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XE5j6 TIL that any day of the year has a 1 in 7 chance of being celebrated as Independence Day from the British. 61 colonies have gained independence from the UK with 52 unique Independence Days.
epgL TIL Earl of Oxford, who bowed to the first Queen Elizabeth and accidentally farted. Overcome with shame he vanished and spent seven years traveling. On his return, the queen greeted him with: “My Lord, I had forgott the Fart.”
a5M9 TIL that a school in Poland is named after an Indian Maharaja, in honour of him providing shelter and free education to hundreds of Polish women and children after they had to escape Poland due to the World War 2.
5VNKB TIL About Elspeth Beard: the first Englishwoman to ride a motorcycle around the world.
looMV TIL California accounted for nearly half of the U.S. solar electricity generating capacity in 2015