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TIL that 75% of new BMW owners don’t have kids in their home

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nWwJd TIL of Edgar Nollner, who, upon his death in 1999, was the longest surviving musher of The Serum Run - a mission to deliver diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled to an Alaskan town of Nome. During his later years, Edgar was married twice, had 23 children and over 200 grandchildren.
mx4aR TIL the Great Dismal Swamp (at the border of North Carolina and Virginia) held the largest "Maroon" colony (escaped slaves and their descendants) in the United States. Most managed to stay hidden despite militia invasions that aimed to capture them, and only left the swamp after the civil war.
BgMQK TIL: How Rapper 50 Cent Made Shaquille O'Neals Car Beyond Famous
JnO1 TIL that the difference between antlers and horns is that antlers are shed each year and are made of bone while horns are kept for life and are made of bone with a sheath that is very similar to human finger nails.
b0d4 TIL that when Mozambique gained independence in 1975, the remainders of the country’s 250,000 Portuguese inhabitants were given 24 hours to leave and were only allowed 20kg of luggage