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TIL that Parents are worse at telling if their child is lying than complete strangers.

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VMyZ TIL that Hans Zimmer, one of Hollywood’s elite composers (Rain Man, The Lion King, Gladiator), was a member of The Buggles, famous for their hit single Video Killed the Radio Star
LQDBd TIL that King Charles III of the United Kingdom is related to George Washington, the first President of the United States, through his ancestor Henrietta Mildred Hodgson (6 January 1805 – 19 November 1891), an English lady with both British royal and American presidential genealogical connections.
P1NpE TIL that stray dogs in Chernobyl have managed to survive for 40 years in a radioactive environment due to genetic adaptations that help them cope with the radiation.
VZap TIL As a result of writing ‘All Quiet on the Western Front,’ Erich Remarque’s sister was beheaded by the Nazis and the bill for her beheading sent to his other sister.
eMlk TIL that it’s technically twice as dangerous to be a taxi driver, than to be a cop. Even in terms of homicide.