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TIL that actress Jennifer Tilly’s father was of Chinese descent and that her birth name was Jennifer Elizabeth Chan

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dDM8K TIL: That there is a new U.S. government entity, ARO or Anomaly Resolution office, whose sole responsibility is to investigate credible sightings of UFOs, (unidentified flying objects)
9YPxB TIL The croissant is not really French. It was inspired by the Austrian kipfel that dates back to at least 1227.
xVMbg TIL to get around a law forbidding state banishment, Georgia judges can ban criminals from 158 of the 159 state counties. They send people to Echols County which is so boring, criminals choose to leave the state rather than live there
kBOg TIL The doctor for the Lewis and Clark expedition gave the explorers mercury pills, and since it doesn’t break down this is how scientists trace their steps.
0wDbA TIL about Frozen Dead Guy Day an annual celebration held in the town of Nederland, Colorado, to loosely celebrate the cryopreservation of a Norwegian citizen.