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TIL the Property Brothers have a music career, but they go by the Scott Brothers.

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e0mWg TIL that in 1962, Miriam Margolyes (the actress who plays Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films) was the first person to say "fuck" on British television
LQ54p TIL the Phantom time Conspiracy theory claims the time period AD 614 to 911 never existed. The Theory claims these extra 300 years of History were fabricated in the middle ages to legitimise Otto's claim over the Holy Roman Empire. According to the theory we should be living in the year 1726.
b6Er9 TIL a country called Republic of Indian Stream existed between USA and Canada, for less than three years between 1832 and 1835. It is now part of New Hampshire.
awONN TIL that Ulysses S Grant thought that the Mexican American War was one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation.
D5Nr TIL Patent trolls (more formally non-practicing entities that hold a patent) now account for 61% of all patent litigation (up from 5% 10 years ago), and lose 91% of all cases. Research has said these cases have caused half a trillion, and nearly $80 billion annually, in wealth loss since 1990.