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TIL David Attenborough is the only person to have won BAFTAs for programs in black and white, colour, HD, and 3D.

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KYVQ6 TIL there is a belief amongst some Catholics known as 'Benevacantism'; the belief that Pope Benedict XVI's resignation was not valid, meaning that the current Pope Francis has been an 'antipope', or illegitimate pretender to the papacy, this entire time
OG8re TIL China has nearly 100 million Wangs
Wkk5o TIL The largest beaver dam known to exist is in Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta, Canada and measures 2,790 feet (850 m) in length.
LQ5Dp TIL that there are more possible iterations of a game of chess than there are atoms in the observable universe.
9Ywmr TIL of the huia bird. It went extinct in 1907 and its call was never recorded, but it exists today because an elderly Maori man imitated in 1949 from memories of his childhood.