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TIL the last Grand Duchess of Russia passed away in 1960 in a small Toronto apartment

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ANR0d TIL most plastics are more expensive than gasoline by weight . The average consumer only thinks gas is expensive compared to plastic because they buy more gas than plastic.
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OoYmR TIL that the moon's gravity affects the LHC's proton beam so much that it has to be compensated for during operation
v8gr TIL that a cat named Tama is a manager at a railway station in Japan, a job which pays her in cat food. During her tenure ridership has increased 10%, leading her to be promoted to super-station manager in 2008.
epaM5 TIL-Blackface minstrelsy was the first uniquely American form of theater