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TIL that a fortune cookie company once got the lottery numbers right, resulting in 110 winners and an investigation

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yVZOJ TIL that the formal name for baby teeth in mammals is "deciduous" teeth, the same word used to refer to trees who uniformly shed and regrow their leaves.
YpN0A TIL that at Noon, every April 21st, the day of the birth of Rome, the Sun enters the oculus of the Pantheon at an inclination, radiating perfectly on the entrance doorway: the emperor was fully illuminated when he entered in the Temple.
4kLA5 TIL of Louis, Duc D’Orléans, the brother of King Charles the VII who accidently set fire to 6 dancers at his brother's party with a torch. 4 of the 6 dancers died. One jumped into a wine barrel and the King who was one of the dancers was saved by his niece when she covered him with her dress.
QN4pe TIL that "V" is the only letter in English that is never silent,
n5Kb TIL That 1/3 of Russian soldiers in World War One were not issued rifles, and were told to pick up a weapon when one of their comrades were killed.