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TIL Stephen King once called Glenn Beck “satan’s mentally challenged younger brother”

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yQbe8 TIL that Rebecca Burger, a 33 year old fitness blogger, died after a pressurized canister of whipped cream exploded and struck her in the chest
wLy1M TIL that there is a department store chain in Australia named "Target" that has a red bulls-eye as its logo and is in no way affiliated with the American company of the same name
OQoR TIL that every single ruler of Germany (AKA East Francia or the Holy Roman Empire), from Charlemagne to Kaiser Wilhelm II, is part of a contiguous family tree. Even if it’s occasionally through marriage, that’s over 1,000 years.
lo8ZV TIL One bite from the Lone Star Tick can cause a permanent allergy to meat.
Z8oAR TIL that the first ever phone to run in an Android system is the HTC Dream also known as HTC G1 or T-Mobile G1, as it was set to revolutionize the smartphone market. Aside from running in an Android system, it had 3G support and 3.2 inch screen smartphone and it was released in 2008