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TIL that Mr.Dink’s name is an acronym for Double Income No Kids; this is why he was able to afford gadgets that were “very expensive”.

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Vyxm TIL Queen Elizabeth has a Big Mouth Billy Bass that she keeps at the Royal Family summer home
m14KO TIL a Polish charity placed a tracker on the back of a white stork to track the birds migratory habits. It travelled to Sudan before the charity lost contact. Somebody found the tracker, removed the sim card and put it in their own phone, where they then racked up $2700 worth of phone calls.
kJ7A7 TIL about Julia Butterfly Hill, and American environmental activist who lived in a giant redwood tree for 738 days to stop it from being cut down by a logging company
J1MLj TIL about Cornelius Cole (1822-1924), a U.S. Senator who was alive at the same time as both Thomas Jefferson (d. 1826) and Jimmy Carter (b. 1924)
xVpgk TIL San Marino has two heads of state named Captains Regent, that are elected every six months and traditionally are chosen from opposing parties.