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TIL in 2021 a bank accidentally deposited $50 billion into a Louisiana family’s account

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E1deP TIL that it takes four or five generations of monarch butterflies to complete the annual migration from Mexico to northern USA/Canada in the spring but in the fall a single "super generation" completes the entire 3,000 mile journey.
wLwO6 TIL in 2015 the British passed a law that the eldest living child of a monarch inherits the throne, regardless of sex.
p8XXG TIL the Statue of Liberty's eleven-pointed star pedestal is the remains of Fort Wood, originally one link in a chain of defenses protecting New York City and its vital harbor.
R5NO9 TIL a monkey named Ramu was arrested in India for disrupting the peace between Muslim and Hindu communities. He was released 5 years later when wildlife activists learned of his situation.
erRn TIL that Laika, a dog and the first living organsm in space, was not brought back to earth, and died in space