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TIL that the current heir to the House of Habsburg-Lorraine is Ferdinand Habsburg, an Austrian racing driver. A descendant of the House of Habsburg and a grandson of Otto von Habsburg, the last crown prince of Austria-Hungary, his titles and honorifics are unofficial due to Austria being a republic.

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wL96o TIL the gift shop inside the 45-foot-high steel and concrete Brontosaur at the world famous Cabazon Dinosaur roadside attraction in Cabazon, California now features a creationist museum and sells merchandise that promotes young earth creationism after it was sold to the current owners.
9MWM TIL that the Great Pyramid of Giza was originally constructed with a covering of polished casing stones that would act like gigantic mirrors and reflect light so powerful that the pyramid would be visible from the moon.
jNMjp TIL Fidel Castro had a strange dairy obsession, and would craft elaborate schemes such as a "race of super cows" and tiny cows to keep as house pets. He even bred a cow that produced over 100 liters of milk in a day
b9pYp TIL Freddie Mercury ended a potential collab with Michael Jackson because he felt uncomfortable with Jackson's pet llama in the studio.
X7Dj TIL the “immortal” cancer cells of one woman, Henrietta Lacks, have been multiplying since her death in 1951 and have been used globally to research cancer, AIDS, the vaccine for polio, effects of radiation, gene mapping, and many other pursuits.