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TIL Queen Elizabeth II is descended from the Prophet Muhammad

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W74Nd TIL The last remaining Kmart store (after the December closure of one in Long Island) is in Miami, FL. It is 14 miles from one of the eight remaining Sears stores.
G0Q4 TIL American chemist Henry Eyring did not receive the Nobel Prize for his development of transition state theory of chemical reactions. Several chemists would go on to win Nobel prizes for work based on his theory.
jPwj TIL that sales of vinyl records have increased since 1993 and continue to increase.
6a7Y TIL North Korea built a fake village with empty buildings lit by automatic timers in an effort to lure South Koreans to defect across the border.
0l9R TIL the Italian government is offering all 18 year olds a €500 ‘culture bonus,’ which can be spent on books, concert tickets, theatre tickets, cinema tickets, museum visits and even trips to the country’s national parks.