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TIL the state of Alaska has over 3 million natural lakes.

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yVANV TIL that in 18th century Russia there was a black African man called Abram Petrovich Gannibal. Freed from slavery and adopted by Peter the Great as his godson, he reached the status of nobility - with one of his great-grandsons being Alexander Pushkin, one of the greatest Russian writers in history.
pmAA TIL that Fred Trump, the father of Donald Trump, was best known as one of a small number of major builders of middle class housing in New York after WWII. His estate at his time of death was estimated at up to $300 million, but he did not believe in displays of wealth.
N80e TIL if you were executed in 19th century England they cut you open and the public could walk by to have a look. The executioner also got to keep your trousers and stockings.
dDRAB TIL that there are three main types of galaxy - elliptical, spiral and irregular - but that there is a huge range of variation within these three categories.
8aJ6Z TIL of the term Anal Expulsiveness which is the opposite to Anal Retention meaning obsessive behaviour