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TIL Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert were first cousins. Albert's father and Victoria's mother were brother and sister.

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69eLY TIL February 1 is World Galgo Day, signifying the end of the hunting season in Spain and the brutal killing of the hunting dog. An estimated 50,000 to 100,000 Galgos and Podencos are killed, often brutally, each year
e0nbE TIL it is believed that one of the reasons for the paranoia and bizarre behavior that led to the Salem Witch Trials was caused because of a fungus, Ergot, which grows on rye plants and is a close cousin of LSD. Mistaking it for large rye grain, Salem villagers ground it into their bread and ate it.
G0mj TIL that 1 in 2 Employees in the US in 2016 Would Leave Their Current Job If They Got a Better Offer
NE81 TIL Hugh Hefner’s father, a public accountant, turned him down when he needed money to start Playboy as he did not think the magazine was a good business investment. However, as he was about to leave, his mother took him aside and gave him a $1000 cheque from her savings to help his venture
l4xr TIL there was a US pilot of “The IT Crowd” and Moss was played by the same actor