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TIL George Clooney is one of the closest living relatives of Abraham Lincoln.

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epyKg TIL that the close friendship between the twin border towns of St. Stephen, Canada and Calais, US dates to the War of 1812, when the British aided St. Stephen with protective gunpowder against the Americans, who then gave it to Calais for their Fourth of July celebrations
RE1 TIL YouTube acknowledges the first rickroll as an important event in its history
Z8nGB TIL: In 2018 a 71 year old Frenchman crossed the Atlantic in a barrel, without a paddle or an engine or any sails
oR40o TIL that Sweden has raccoon dogs
PYnjV TIL that when Charles II escaped from England, he saw some local villagers celebrating his death, mistakenly believing that he had died in another town.