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TIL the line on the side of ships called the plimsoll line is named after the MP Samuel Plimsoll

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78Ayx TIL of Kaskaskia, IL, which, as a result of a shift it the Mississippi River's course, is now on the Missouri (West) side of the river and so only accessible from Missouri. 21 people live there today but it was once the capital of IL.
Ag0x TIL there is an Ig Nobel Prize for unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. This year’s winners include Arturas Zuokas, the mayor of Vilnius, LITHUANIA, for demonstrating that the problem of illegally parked luxury cars can be solved by running them over with an armored tank.
8LZP TIL Jason Lee divorced, and cut off all contact with, his first wife after she read an anti-Scientology book
j61Ln TIL that the Rolling Stones' 'Brown Sugar' was about actress Marsha Hunt—the mother of Mick Jagger's first child
JYbL1 TIL that famous mobster John Gotti has a grandson who professionally beats people up for a living. John Gotti the 3rd.