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TIL that Prince Philip was not allowed to invite his three sisters to his wedding to Princess (now Queen) Elizabeth in 1947, because they were all married to German noblemen, and this would have been considered inappropriate in postwar Britain.

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oRMGR TIL Gulf Stream Orphans are tropical Caribbean fish carried thousands of miles by ocean currents up the East Coast of the US as far north as New England and the Gulf of Maine. Most succumb to cold winter conditions, but some make it back south again and a minority are rescued by humans
rRPOW TIL As gifts for the US Bicentennial in 1976, France showed famous works in US Museums, Britain gifted a golden, jewel-encrusted replica of the Magna Carta, Norway built a Sports Center, Japan built a huge theatre and donated 50 Bonsai Trees. Spain gave two statues. Canada gave them a scrapbook.
QAk TIL there is a rave that is so big it is it’s own country…
A1B4 TIL that humans empathetically experience pain when they see someone of the same race experience pain, but not someone of another race. All races felt pain when shown a “violet” person experiencing pain suggesting that lack of empathy for other races is learned and not innate.
epB46 TIL about Senator William Alden “Watertight Smith”, who chaired the US investigations into The sinking of the Titanic and infamously asked why passengers could not shelter in watertight compartments.