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TIL that in Marvel’s Ultimate Universe, Avengers members Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are a couple. And siblings. Seriously. That’s a thing that Marvel committed to.

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oB1QA TIL of the Taichang Emperor, a Chinese emperor in 1620 who reigned for just 29 days after falling ill from "excessive sexual indulgence after he was presented with eight maidens". Shortly after, he would experience severe diarrhea after taking a laxative which would ultimately lead to his death.
QJegp TIL Oprah wasn't always Oprah: Her birth name was Orpah Gail Winfrey, but people didn't know how to spell or pronounce Orpah, so they switched the p before the r and the name stuck
mgQM TIL dolphins will purposeful dose themselves with a potentially deadly neurotoxin by agitating pufferfish. When taken in small amounts, the toxin has a narcotic effect on the dolphins.
9Yvm TIL that Christopher McCandless (Into the Wild) could have saved his own life if he had known about the hand-operated tram that crossed the otherwise impassable river.
knnW TIL Coca-Cola was originally sweetened with wine. Before the wine was switched out for sugar, it was known as “Pemberton’s French Wine Coca”. It was a 1886 prohibition law enacted in Atlanta that caused its inventor, Dr. John S. Pemberton, to rewrite the formula.