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TIL that Tyler Dooley, Meghan Markle's nephew, grows marijuana in Oregon and he created a special blend called "Meghan Sparkle" to celebrate her getting married to Prince Harry

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QNgVe TIL that actor Sterling Hayden (Johnny Guitar, The Killing) was an OSS agent during World War II under the alias 'John Hamilton'. His work with Yugoslav partisans influenced him to briefly join the Communist Party, but he left quickly and later named names before the HUAC.
9YKrD TIL that a 'basket case' was coined in WWI to describe a soldier who had lost his limbs in battle and was carried out 'in a basket'
BgLby TIL that the act of throwing someone out of a window is called "Defenestration".
rRMJe TIL that the TV show Lost, which was about a plane crash, used pieces of wreckage from the plane in making the show's score.
98V6 TIL Singapore lasted less than 2 years as a state of Malaysia before racial riots forced separation. Singapore is the only country to have gained independence against its will.