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TIL that one Swedish family is indirectly controlling one third of the country’s GNP

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ORZ4 TIL of Begum Samru (1753-1836), an Indian dancing girl who became the wealthy ruler of her own small principality. She led her troops into battle, and was so successful that many believed that she had supernatural powers. After baptism, Samru became India’s only Catholic ruler.
VBKVZ TIL that "The Simpsons", in Quebec, changes details besides translating the dialogue. Local placenames, French expressions, and Quebec celebrity names are substituted; because the show is set in a generic location, such substitution is easy to do.
epBgg TIL that, while only being the 39th all-time most-streamed song on Spotify, Linkin Park's "Numb", combined with its remixes/live versions, is the most-streamed song of all time (1.996 bil streams) if you exclude both songs released in the past decade, & Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975, 2.154 bil).
Br0PD TIL, licked envelopes can yield sufficient DNA to provide a conviction.
Bg0DL TIL In Japanese folklore there are ghosts that came and cut your hair in the middle of the night. They usually gave you a really bad haircut. They can sometimes do this as a warning that you're about to get married to a demon and they're protecting you.