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TIL Queen Elizabeth II owns all the swans in open waters in the United Kingdom and is the first monarch to attend Swan Upping ceremony.

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OoaN7 TIL The liver is the only human internal organ capable of natural regeneration of lost tissue; as little as 25% of a liver can regenerate into a whole liver.
Z8DJ4 TIL: In 1963, Bruce Lee took the basic physical exam for the US Army. And failed.
1ag8r TIL in 1894 a female cook at Cornell University was killed when freshmen redirected chlorine gas into the kitchen as part of a hazing prank
KReG TIL 70% of science and engineering students in Iran are women.
R7gNQ TIL that when helium is cooled to near absolute zero it becomes a liquid that flows against gravity.