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TIL that Queen Victoria’s journals are only 1/3 complete, as her daughter, Princess Beatrice, heavily censored them when she copied them by hand and burned the originals once the task was done

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XY1X TIL: Farmed salmon is naturally gray in color. It ends up pink due to food additives canthaxanthin and/or astaxanthin.
7r9vL TIL Margaret Thatcher's son, Mark, was convicted of a 2004 coup d'etat in Equatorial Guinea.
Y9VP TIL Los Angeles consumes the same amount of water today as it did in 1970, with 1 million more residents. The city consumes approximately 123 gallons per capita, per day, which is the best in the entire nation.
5e78 TIL Liam Neeson was offered the role of James Bond in Goldeneye (1995) but turned down the role because he wasn’t interested in starring in action movies.
lo561 TIL that in response to the infamous "Poop Cruise", Carnival's court filing stated that the passenger contract "makes absolutely no guarantee for safe passage, a seaworthy vessel, adequate and wholesome food, and sanitary and safe living conditions."