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TIL Hollywood elites signed a petition in support of Roman Polanski

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b9Wg7 TIL In 2013, 19 living men in the Tyrol region of Austria were determined to be direct descendants of Ötzi the Iceman.
Ypgyd TIL there's a festival in India and Nepal solely to thanking dogs for their loyalty and friendship.
QJl9M TIL That there are more people who have learned English as a second language than there are native English speakers, and that English is the most commonly learned second language.
oRdNW TIL that in 1930 San Francisco had the world's busiest ferry terminal. 30 years later none were running.
w4g6 TIL that once it was clear that Constantinople would fall to the Turks, Constantine XI, the last Byzantine emperor, tore of his imperial ornaments and led his soldiers on one last final charge against the invading Turks.