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TIL that Reddit is owned by the same company responsible for the magazines Vouge, GQ, and The New Yorker

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oRALW TIL That Jack Kelly, father of Grace Kelly and self made millionaire was banned from the Henley Regatta under the pretext that he was not a gentleman. He went on to beat the Henley champion at the Olympics and sent the King of England a note saying simply "greetings from a bricklayer"
7r6Ob TIL the United States has the world's most violent weather, receiving more high-impact extreme weather incidents than any other country in the world.
JYYmV TIL the most drunk man ever, recorded a blood test showing 7.22 parts per million of alcohol. An average person would vomit at around 1.2, lose consciousness at 3.0 and stop breathing at a level of about 4.0 parts per million.
xVK80 TIL that due to English laws regarding cheese, Stilton the cheese cannot be manufactured in the village of Stilton, from where the cheese originally got its recipe and name.
wok6Y TIL that children born earlier in the academic year have a higher chance of participating in upper echelons of sports or academia. This is known as the Relative Age Effect.