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TIL that the Queen actually has two birthdays- one that was determined by the commonwealth and changed to be the second saturday of June, and another that is her actual one which is the 21st of April. The birthday is changed in order to guarantee better weather for celebration

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6EJZ TIL a package of 3 Musketeers chocolate bars originally had three different flavored candy bars inside, hence the name.
pY7pA TIL that Norbert Pearlroth was the main researching force behind Ripley’s Believe It Or Not. He would gain all the information needed by consulting books at the New York Public Library for six days a week, from noon to 10pm over 26 years.
Eg48p TIL of the hard problem of consciousness. The difficulty for the scientific community to put the experience of senses (qualia), and the existence of consciousness, into a valid scientific physical system.
ne1bG TIL in the 1960s the US had developed a nuclear bomb small enough to be carried by one person, such as a paratrooper, and placed at an enemy target such as bridge, dam, etc.