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TIL the Queen is above the law and cannot be charged civilly or criminally.

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9KED TIL that of the of the 139 members elected to the 1934 USSR Central Committee of the Communist Party at the 17th Congress, Stalin had 98 executed. Of 1,996 party members present, 1,108 were arrested, and about two thirds of those executed. Thus it was given the name “The Congress of the Condemned”.
KObvQ TIL that an animal's brains are also an essential part to tanning hides and furs, and each animal has exactly enough brains to tan its own hide.
Me8gV TIL that an alternative name for the giraffe is "cameleopard", which comes from the Greek "kamēlopárdalis".
rbZ0 TIL that most toilets in Hong Kong are flushed with seawater in order to conserves the city’s scarce freshwater resources
P1gnV TIL that receipts f*** up your testosterone levels