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TIL couscous is a pasta, not a grain

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9Y17D TIL that the shortest marriage in recorded history was 3 minutes. On the way out of the courthouse, the bride tripped over and fell. Instead of helping her up, the groom called her "stupid". On the spot the bride insisted the magistrate annul the wedding, and the magistrate complied
EV8p TIL that contrary to popular notion, historians have never been able to find any mummies or kingly remains inside the Great Pyramid of Egypt.
PLYJ TIL Bill Gates can leap over an office chair from a standing position
Po5n TIL that after Kanye West’s mother’s death due to heart problems resulting from her cosmetic surgery, Governor Schwarzenegger signed the “Donda West Law” legislation making it mandatory to prove well being prior to undergoing cosmetic surgery.
JP01 TIL Melbourne, Australia was originally settled by John Batman who declared the land Batmania