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TIL that two British peerages, the Duke of Cumberland and the Duke of Albany, are currently deprived from those entitled to them, but they could petition the monarch to have their titles restored ... they just have never done that.

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L1ep TIL The idiom, “whatever can go wrong will go wrong”, better known as Murphy’s law, was named after an actual person. Captain Edward A. Murphy, an engineer for the U.S Army. This saying was coined after his repeated problems with his G force experiment.
loo47 TIL Studies show atheists are more intelligent than religious people
ElAW TIL: St. Lawrence was roasted alive on a giant grill during the persecution. He joked with his tormentors, “Turn me over—I’m done on this side”. He is now the patron saint of cooks, comedians, and firefighters.
Y4RA TIL Night of the Living Dead is in the public domain due to a failure to register its copyright
4kxZb TIL the 1976 Winter Olympics were originally awarded to Denver, CO, which voted to reject the games and resulted in Innsbruck, Austria, hosting the games.