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TIL that the oldest dynastic house in Europe is the House of Wettin. King Charles III is a Wettin, by fact of being a distant descendant of Theodoric I or Dietrich I, who lived between 920-975 C.E.

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MevD0 TIL that the Chehalis (Sts'Ailes) people of southwest Canada begin their count of months from the arrival of spawning chinook salmon (in Gregorian calendar October), and count 10 lunar months, leaving an uncounted period of around 70 days until the next chinook salmon run
6EGk8 TIL 90% of the world’s population lives on the northern hemisphere
d548 TIL in the US being clean shaven became popular after troops returned as heroes from WWI–they had been required to shave so gas masks would securely fit.
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