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TIL that one of the main Romanovs survived the Bolsheviks and came to live in Toronto Canada

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QNK49 TIL about sesquizygotic twins, which are neither identical nor fraternal, but a rare middle ground with a split egg and two separate sperm.
rJEw TIL in 2009, an Israeli woman accidentally threw away her mom’s mattress with $1 million dollars stashed inside
neNxB TIL about Vulcan, an isolated WV town which, after a bridge collapse left them with no legal road access, appealed to the Soviet Union for funding. As intended, the Soviet Union used Vulcan as an example of American failure, prompting international attention and 1.3M$ of US funding for a new bridge.
450a TIL when buttered bread is right side up and dropped from a table, theres an ~80% it will fall butter side down. This is because an average slice of buttered bread falling will complete a full turn in approx. 8 feet.
jjpE TIL there is a UN document adopted by 178 governments on how to reorient all of human society.