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TIL Queen Elizabeth II is descended from the Prophet Muhammad

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eoMb TIL that most new cars have a safety feature that will automatically unlock all doors and have the hazards turn on after an accident. They also cut the main battery connection and the fuel pump relay, to prevent electrical fire and keep running emergency equipments.
negYY TIL that during the 1980's a crime ring poisoned candy from Japanese candy companies and were never caught. In the end the head of the Shiga Prefecture police took the blame and lit his body on fire.
pw6Z TIL that Vermont declared war on Nazi Germany in WWII 3 months before the US did
jxpv TIL that there is an annual literature contest that challenges writers to come up with the worst possible opening sentence to a novel.
wom6W TIL when Brian Lara broke the first-class cricket world record for highest individual score by scoring 501 runs, his sponsor, clothing company Joe Bloggs, was unable to release commemorative jeans because "501" was a Levi's trademark. They ended up making a "500 and One" series of t-shirts and caps.