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TIL The Queen of England still has a Champion. The title is currently held by a 64 year old accountant.

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OobkX TIL of a South Korean illegal pornography ring that targets young women and minors; only a handful of the monsters affiliated with the group, including a K-Pop star, has been brought to "justice" and the rest's still on the loose.
nWW1P TIL In 1908 the town now known as Port Aransas, Texas banned the sale of alcohol to foreigners. In response an immigrant businessman built a small floating saloon where the town ordinance did not apply.
AD9Wl TIL: The 2015 French Scrabble champion spoke no french, and instead memorized the French Scrabble dictionary 9 weeks before the tournament.
K1xw TIL after a female pedestrian in his community was killed by a red-light runner, a 74 year old Chinese man spent an entire day hurling bricks at bad drivers. He smashed over 30 red-light runners’ cars before the police asked him to stop.
7rEE7 Virgin Orbit says it is close to launching a rocket to orbit for the first time, after it performed a successful test over the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles.