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TIL that King Peter I of Serbia personally led the army to fight against the Central Powers during World War I

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PRgL TIL that the modern English word phoenix derives from the Middle English word phenix, itself from the Old English fenix, which was borrowed from Medieval Latin phenix, which is derived from Classic Latin phoenix
E11Wd TIL about prince rupert's drop - quick cooled glass beads that survived up to 20 tons of pressure.
v1jvD TIL In 1251, Henry III was given a Polar Bear by the King of Norway. It was kept in the Tower of London on a long chain so that it could swim in the Thames
bQN4 TIL of the “Star of the South”, one of the largest diamonds in the world. Discovered by a river in Brazil in July 1853, it was found by a slave girl named Rosa, who turned the diamond over to her master. He rewarded her by granting her freedom, and giving her a pension for life.
aygJ TIL if you can prove you had an ancestor that was Luxembourgish as of 1st of January 1900, you can get citizenship without ever having set foot in the country.