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TIL all Australians are legally entitled to a free portrait of the Queen

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4kL0w TIL Douglas Crafut, an American radiographer, may have committed suicide by radiation poisoning
gM6rb TIL of Judit Polgár, the youngest and strongest of 3 chess prodigy sisters, who is widely considered the best female player of all time. She and her sisters were intentionally raised to be chess masters by their father, László Polgár, to prove his theory that "Geniuses are made, not born."
5YkNn TIL The Hunt for the Titanic Was Secretly a Hunt for Fallen U.S. Nuclear Submarines
1aRl4 TIL that in 2016 musician Damian Marley, bought a 77,000 square foot prison converted it into a medical weed growing facility, creating over 100 jobs and generating millions in tax revenue.
6EJeZ TIL that gladiators in Ancient Rome formed trade unions called "collegia" that would often pay for the funerals of fallen gladiators and take care of their families