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TIL that Daisaku Ikeda, a Buddhist philosopher, holds 395 honorary degrees including 202 honorary doctorates from more than 59 countries across the world.

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9wMjX TIL There are two American actresses with the exact same name - Peyton List. One was born in 1986 and the other in 1998. Oddly, they were both in the same scene together on the soap opera As The World Turns. List (1986) was a regular on the show, while List (1998) was cast as an extra.
xDND TIL: While UK athletes receive no bonuses from their country for winning Olympic medals German athletes receive a lifetime supply of beer and Belarussians get unlimited sausages.
M6xA TIL due to a trademark by Guinness, the Irish government had to turn the official state symbol, the harp, the other way around
WkBXB TIL that a dry seasonal riverbed can be called a wadi
ok1E TIL that all 6 American flags on the moon have turned completely white.