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TIL That Glenn Beck Smoked Weed Everyday for 15 years starting at age 16

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EgnXV TIL that despite being fluent in several languages, Kit Carson was illiterate
9kyG TIL a Swiss Jeweler created a $68 million ring made entirely out of diamond
XEEEQ TIL State Farm refused to insure Florida homeowners for 5 years due to the high risk and only came back as a subsidiary in 2011 to limit liability on the company as a whole.
m1EXo TIL Napoleon only started learning French at age 10. Having been born in Corsica (which was ceded to France by Italy the year he was born), his first languages were Corsican and Italian. He spoke with a distinctive Corsican accent and never learned how to spell correctly in French.
vPmG7 TIL rare, massive 13 and 17 yr cicada broods containing trillions of individuals which are emerging in the US as we speak, may turn into fungus zombies and have their genitals fall off (a cicada's life is not fair on any level).