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TIL that Monty Python did a pirate movie with Cheech & Chong, called “Yellow Beard”, I have to see this film!

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KnRw TIL of 110-year-old Reg Dean whose family attributed his long life to someone in India before WW1 who gave him a muddy elixir and told him “drink this and you’ll live til at least 100”.
yVx5J TIL The Albuquerque FBI in 2011 released hundreds of images of items that were collected during the investigation of David Parker Ray. In that time, no one has yet to identify a single piece as belonging to another person.
JY00j TIL: Queen Elizabeth the II actually used her powers in 1999 to prevent parliament from authorizing military strikes in Iraq without her consent. She is also completely and totally immune to any legal prosecution for any crime she could commit almost everywhere on earth.
Q68E TIL that in an 8-hour day, the average worker is only productive for 2 hours and 53 minutes.
Lggd TIL that blue M&M food dye reduces paralysis from secondary spinal injuries, such as swelling around the spinal cord and the effects of chemical surges around the the injury which kills off healthy and uninjured cells. The only notable side effect - it will turn you blue temporarily.