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TIL that Senator Cory Booker is cousins with RuPaul

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OopL TIL Queen Elizabeth II is descended from the Prophet Muhammad
5y0R TIL that in Florida lying about your animal being a guide or service animal is punishable by 60 days in jail
78a5p TIL that Dimethylmercury will penetrate latex, butyl or neoprene gloves in about 15 seconds and you’ll likely die if you get a drop on your gloved hand.
NlZ1 TIL that when Japan Airlines flight 123 crashed in Japan in 1985 killing over 500 people, a JAL maintenance official negotiating compensation with families killed himself to apologize for the accident.