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TIL Stalin's Granddaughter is a Buddhist that runs an antique shop in Portland, Oregon

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vPOWR TIL in 1989, Tokyo was worth twice as much as the entirety of United States because of the Japanese Real Estate bubble
a1mM TIL when Robert Downey Jr was eight, his father offered him drugs, which led him to a long life of substance and alcohol abuse. RDJ credits Mel Gibson with helping him get sober and narcotic free.
0drbR TIL of the Battle of Crysler’s Farm, where British and Canadian soldiers held off an American invasion force, that had nearly 10x their numbers.
16rnr TIL that the blue-ringed octopus' main venom (tetrodotoxin) is not produced by the animal itself, but is instead produced by bacteria that live in their salivary glands. Mothers will inject neurotoxin into their eggs to enable their babies to produce their own venom.
LkxQ0 TIL of Pheasant Island in the Bidasoa River on the French-Spanish border. For over 350 years, the island has spent 6 months being a part of Spain and 6 months being a part of France.