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TIL Bill Gates got knighted by the Queen.

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9YG9G TIL that the river Thames in England is 47 million years older than the Amazon
Y7gjW TIL baby giraffes fall 6 feet to the ground they are born. The fall doesn’t hurt them, but snaps the umbilical cord and tears the amniotic sack, with the shock of the fall stimulating the baby to take its first breath.
KPga TIL that due to the collapse of the Soviet Union, Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev was stranded on the Mir space station until the political situation stabilized.
nym9 TIL That there is a version of Monopoly called Ghettopoly where you can build crack houses with your hoes.