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TIL that whales and sturgeon found in the United Kingdom are automatically designated as the personal property of the monarch.

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NPDJ TIL That Dick Cheney’s wife wrote an erotic lesbian novel and tried to cover it up
Yadr TIL that in the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906, three men were caught alive on the roof of a hotel that was ablaze. Rather than see the men fall and be burned alive, a nearby military officer ordered his men to shoot them.
wQj7 TIL In Belgium, Poland, Portugal and France everyone is automatically an organ donor, unless they refuse beforehand.
ReB7 TIL we refer to our lower body garments as “pairs of pants” because they originally came as two articles of clothing instead of a single piece.
a8AWb TIL Rubies and Sapphire are Gem Varieties of the Same Mineral Corundum.