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TIL that someone with Down Syndrome can have a 120 IQ.

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wLLZ1 TIL that when Prince Carl of Denmark was offered the throne of newly independent Norway in 1905, he refused to take it unless the Norwegian people agreed that they wanted a monarchy rather than a republic. He won the resulting referendum with 79%, and became King Haakon VII.
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l7nMA TIL pubic lice are now an endangered species
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