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TIL The chances of cracking open a double-yolked egg are 1/1000.

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9YvEQ TIL a polar bear used to live at the Tower of London and go swimming in the Thames. It was a gift from King Haakon of Norway in 1252
rRP9M TIL of Alec Cabacungan, the spokesperson for Shriners Childrens Hospital for the last 6 years, has Brittle Bone Disease. He has broken over 60 bones in his lifetime. He is an 18yo college freshmen, plays wheelchair basketball, interviews athletes and has appeared on sports shows such as NBA on TNT.
78bMb TIL of streaking, a mechanical technique used to isolate a pure strain from a single species of microorganism
EgJWX TIL Nicaragua was a popular choice for a US canal at the start of the 20th century, but narrowly lost out to Panama due to, among other reasons, a stamp showing a violently exploding Nicaraguan volcano being used as propaganda.
Y7g9W TIL Australia confiscated 650,000 guns. Murders and suicides plummeted.