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TIL that Prince Andrew Andreevich Romanov, the heir to the former Russian monarchy, is an artist currently living in California

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v1bvB TIL the song "How could this happen to me?" is about a drunk driver
0wA7R TIL that in 17th-century Poland, wet bread mixed with spider webs was used to cure wounds. It may sound stupid, but it work, as the bread contained fungal spores, including penicillin and naturally produced antibiotic substances.
Z8oeY TIL in 1976, 9-1-1 was serving only 17% of the population in the United States. By 1987, 50% of the US population had access to 9-1-1 emergency services. Today, 7% still do not have 9-1-1.
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