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TIL Eric II, King of Denmark was known as Eric the Memorable. No one remembers why

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1Omr TIL 1996 was the first year over half of Americans approved of interracial marriage
KOoa9 TIL, numbers that are the product of two prime numbers (e.g. 4, 6, 9, 10, etc.) are called semiprimes, and sometimes they can be the squares of prime numbers. Semiprime numbers have no composite numbers as factors other than themselves, which is another reason why they are called semiprimes.
a8LDM TIL of Mexican General Jose De Urrea. Urrea was undefeated, having a victory over every Texas opponent, he encountered during the Texas Revolution. However, his successes were seen as overshadowing his superiors and they took over from him, to disastrous effect.
nernd TIL many of our tropes of supernatural witches come from the profession of beer brewster during the middle ages.
dWXE TIL that Ozzy Osbourne once got so wasted before a meeting with the German head of CBS Europe, he left thinking he had ‘lightened the mood’ with a striptease. In reality, he performed a Nazi goose-step up and down the table before dipping his testicles in, then urinating in, the director’s wine.