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TIL Jacksonian Democrat William Rives looks just like Freddie Mercury

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B7jy TIL a physicist published his cat as a coauthor so he could write using first person plural without being criticized.
7rRjL TIL drivers in the UK who cause death while using their phones, speeding or are drunk face life in prison.
gMbXX TIL the $100 bill is the most common US note in circulation, followed by the $1, and then the $20 with 14.2 billion, 12.7 billion, and 9.5 billion notes, respectively, in circulation as of 2019
Ej57 TIL that 2 people in Greenland died of botulism after eating poorly prepared Kiviak, a delicacy in which a seal is stuffed full of birds then left to ferment. The family of the first victim - not knowing that the meal caused his death - served it at his funeral, leading to the death of his daughter.
OoabY TIL that one chapter of Memory of Light, the last book in the Wheel of Time series, contained 81,200 words. By comparison, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's stone was about 78,000 words in its entirety.