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TIL King Felipe VI of Spain attended High School in Lakefield, Ontario, Canada and even returned for his 25-year reunion. He maintains ties to the school to this day

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mxomv TIL Record Labels hire experts to craft recording contracts in a way that prompt signing artists to give away their music ownership rights forever. It was also discovered that for every $1000 made after record sales, an artist who signed for a major label deal gained as small as $23.40.
nW5YP TIL Daniel Tammet, an autistic savant who speaks 10 languages, described how numbers appear to him in terms of shape, color, and texture. For him, 289 is ugly, 333 is attractive, and pi is beautiful.
1akK8 TIL Gabriella Wilson, AKA H.E.R., is only 22 years old. She initially garnered attention around the age of 12 by winning Radio Disney's Next Big Thing contest. H.E.R. has been nominated for several Grammy awards for her R&B music.
4XJgX TIL the cellist of Electric Light Orchestra, Mike Edwards, was killed when a 1,300 pound hay bale rolled down a hill and collided with the van he was driving.
W770d TIL about the B-52 bomber that crashed into the empire state building on July 28th 1945. The pilot had requested clearance to land at LaGuardia due to zero visibility(fog) but was told to reroute and not land. 14 people died as a result of the accident.