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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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DQe1v TIL the oldest active missing person case in the US is over 95 yrs old. 73 yo Marvin Clark, who on HALLOWEEN weekend in 1926 departed his Tigard, OR home to meet his daughter in Portland. A John Doe body was later found between the 2 cities in 1986 but DNA testing in 2018 determined it was not him.
p86rN TIL that a long full grown beard without a mustache, like the type worn by Amish men, is called a "Shenandoah", which is not to be confused with the "chinstrap" which also is a beard without a mustache but does not extend below the jawline.
0kKp TIL Lake Titicaca eventually drains into Lake Poopo
gmb TIL that Nasa handed out 370 pieces of moon rock gathered from the Apollo missions, of these 184 are unaccounted for having been lost or stolen including one now in a Dublin landfill. They have also been offered for sale on the black market for $5m.
x5XD TIL Thailand has highest number of female CEOs globally