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TIL Queen of England has a gold-plated Wii console

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pRQO TIL there is a programming language called ArnoldC based entirely around Arnold Schwarzenegger quotes
gMLxL TIL that the original voice actor for Mermaid Man, Ernest Borgnine, was a recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor.
d8aKE TIL that there are thousand year old bacteria and viruses hiding in the ice caps that if melted and released could cause a new wave of deadly diseases that we haven't experienced before.
wLBj7 TIL that only mammals to experience menopause are humans, killer whales and pilot whales . It is thought that older females have evolved to forfeit their ability to reproduce so they can use their energy to nurture their daughters’ offspring. This is known as the ‘grandmother hypothesis’.
5AVB TIL there is a 1909 Penny on Mars, which is used as a part of a Calibration Target on The Curiosity Rover