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Today I learned that every Sturgeon caught in British waters has to be offered to the reigning monarch.

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8aEM4 TIL that in 2010, a group of Weight Watchers members gathered to see how much weight they had lost, only for the floor to collapse under their combined weight.
jAWn TIL that the most severe capital punishment in Ancient China was the “Nine familial exterminations”, which involved executing the offender, his parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, siblings, siblings-in-law, uncles, and uncles’ spouses.
jn4n TIL lab researchers have been able to manipulate specific memories using beams of laser light, creating, deleting, and altering emotional content: positive memories have been rendered negative and vice-versa.
kOo5 TIL a Paraplegic man suffered a spider bite and was able to walk again
Vyxm TIL Queen Elizabeth has a Big Mouth Billy Bass that she keeps at the Royal Family summer home