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TIL the last Tsar of Bulgaria, Simeon II, who was forced to abdicate in 1946 also became Prime Minister in 2001

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WmkA TIL Greenland sharks can live to be around 400 years old, the world’s oldest living verterbrates.
negA7 TIL there are sea angels in the Arctic Ocean. From 2017, so this is old news, but they're beautiful and majestic. Naked mollusks that feed on sea butterflies.
9w8J7 TIL of Operation Bernhard when the nazis counterfeited £134 610 810 during WWII and damaged the British economy in the years afterward
0d0NN TIL Andrew Garfield had never sung professionally before playing Jonathan Larson in the musical Tick, Tick…Boom! (2021). But after taking a year to vocally prepare before filming the role, he ended up earning an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
0r5L TIL in 2006, police at GWU used Facebook to learn about college parties and bust them. To fight back, students set up a beer blast event on Facebook. When the cops showed up, there was no alcohol, but cookies with “Beer” written on them and games of “Cake-pong”.