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TIL In 2011 Oprah found out she has a sister she never knew existed and now takes care of her financially because Oprah was so impressed that her sister spent 3 years trying to contact Oprah with no luck and never once tried to sell the story to the press. (You have to see the video I linked)

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G585 TIL that India has one of the world’s only No First Use (NFU) nuclear doctrines, which dictates that India will only deploy nuclear weapons in the event of a nuclear attack on India occurring first. Pakistan has an active first use nuclear policy.
yQ4Kw TIL a horse and buggy ride is not a "Handsome Cab", but rather a Hansom Cab, named after Joseph Hansom who invented the safety horse cab
v100K TIL that there was a proposed state called West Kansas that would have consisted of nine southwestern Kansan counties.
a5jJ TIL That Beyonce once shut down a hospital floor to give birth, forcing patients and family members out such as a dad coming to see his 2 prematurely born kids
D6pg TIL penguins have been known to push a fellow penguin into the water to check if the area is safe and free of predators