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

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wNDW TIL that 70% of wealthy families lose their wealth by the second generation and 90% lose their wealth by the third generation.
5Q19 TIL that in Paradise Lost, Pandemonium is the capital of Hell and maintained an actual Parliament-type building. Mulciber, a fallen angel who was the architect of the palaces in Heaven designed it after he was cast out.
PyEJ TIL Goldcorp once offered $575K to anyone who could help find gold deposits. The Canadian mining company eventually paid out a winner and proceeded to unearth $6B worth of gold at the location.
LQdEZ TIL that the rap video "Lazy Sunday" produced by thelonelyisland way back in the day helped YouTube achieve national recognition as a video sharing site not meant just for video creators 👀
VBOO4 TIL Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis is exactly the way it was on April 4th, 1968, complete with bed and food tray, when Martin Luther King was shot. Room 306 was never rented again and preserved as The National Civil Rights Museum