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TIL The Canadian Potato Museum on Prince Edward Island has the world's largest collection of potato related farming implements, features the World’s largest potato sculpture, and a restaurant that specializes in potato dishes

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PYMEg TIL Queen Elizabeth has owned more than 30 Corgis over the last 80 years all of which were direct descendants of her Corgi named Susan she received on her 18th birthday.
KObbG TIL: The Pokemon franchise has generated approximately three times as much money as Harry Potter
xV4jo TIL that before there was a presumption in favor of mothers in (Anglo-American) child custody laws, there was a presumption in favor of fathers. This is because, under the law of the time, children were treated as the father's property/servants.
j6EX TIL that in 2003, a glitch was found in Pokemon R/B/Y which allows you to catch Mew (or even the other starters)
Vxo0 TIL a man won the right to a retrial as members of the jury used a Ouija board to contact the victims.