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TIL approximately one half of vegans are vitamin B12 deficient
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TIL the rules to Monopoly clearly state that if a player lands on a property and doesn’t buy it, it immediately goes up for auction to the highest bidder.
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TIL That June 28, 2014 is the centenary of the pistol shot in Sarajevo that triggered World War 1, the “War to end all Wars”, within 6 weeks the dominoes had fallen and the world was at war.
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TIL That Harry Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle were friends for many years, but grew apart due to a bitter feud over spiritualism. Doyle believed fervently in life after death due to the passing of his son, but when Houdini started a public campaign to expose fake mediums, they broke up.
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TIL a lawyer used his will for practical jokes. He gave a house to 3 men who hated each other, stocks in a brewery to preachers, shares of a racetrack to each ministers "except Spracklin, who shot a hotelkeeper", and gave the rest to whoever had the most kids in 10 years.
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TIL Thomas Jefferson, USA's Third President, developed the first Swivel Chair - and arguably the first modern office chair