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TIL Quentin Blake, probably best known for Roald Dahl illustrations, also illustrated books written by Dr. Seuss and William Steig

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vaQ4 TIL King George V’s physician gave the dying king a lethal dosage of morphine and cocaine to hasten his death so that it could be announced in the morning edition of The Times rather than “less appropriate evening journals”
E1jG0 TIL, South Korea is the world leader in internet connectivity. Approximately 95.1% of the country’s population are internet users, and they boast the world’s fastest average connection speed. The government established policies and programs that facilitated the rapid expansion and use of broadband.
X0OY6 Today I learned Marine invertebrates that occur at the poles in really cold water tend to have much larger body sizes than their relatives that live elsewhere
YyMG TIL the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin rewrote much of the book from memory in old age believing it to be an entirely new work due to her dementia
J1Y8 TIL There was an intensive study to create a visual guide for the perfect white female butt.