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TIL that Queen Elizabeth II had two severely disabled first cousins who were publicly pronounced dead in 1940 and 1961 respectively, but actually lived in a care home with no visits or support from the royal family until their actual deaths in 1986 and 2014.

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BZxd TIL that in 1912 someone invented a 2 wheel car that used gyroscopes to stay upright, and it was based on a fictional book released only a year before.
9XRp TIL in Marvel, there is a company called “Damage Control” that pays damages caused by superheroes to civilians.
VMpjZ TIL kids from the Ho Chunk nation receive $200,000 upon turning 18 and graduating. The money comes from profits from the casinos. Many of the recipients end up blowing the money fast with little to show for it.
b6YPQ TIL that the practice of Feng Shui is so prevalent in Hong Kong that when the Bank Of China was built to not follow the practice, the HSBC building nearby built maintenance cranes with the shape of cannons to combat its negative energy.
6OEl TIL 240,000 manhole and street-drain covers were stolen in Beijing in 2004