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TIL Jeopardy champion-turned-host Ken Jennings was college roommates with author Brandon Sanderson

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oRjLY TIL the endonym for Bhutan is "Drukyul", meaning "the Land of the Thunder Dragon". Their head of state is "Druk Gyalpo", the Dragon King, and he wears "Uzha Jarogchen", the Raven Crown.
woEZM TIL the United Nations declared drinking water as a human right...in July of 2010.
lorJN TIL about Minnie Lou Crosthwaite, the first Black woman to pass the teacher exam in Nashville's segregated school system. She was also an important early figure in the foundation of the YWCA, and raised funds for needy soldiers during WWI.
RaN6 TIL the news of Chris Beniots wife’s death was reported on Wikipedia hours before her body was discovered.
6EVbX TIL cannabis and hops are in the same family, Cannabaceae. It’s also why sometimes you open a beer and it smells just a little bit like weed.