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TIL Celine Dion met her husband when she was 12 and he was… 38

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oRKNY TIL: The melody for the British national anthem "God Save the King" is also the national anthem of Liechtenstein and the royal anthem of Norway
0xV5 TIL there’s a domestic cat breed called the Pixie-bob that looks like a miniature Bobcat, and has a personality/behavior that’s often described as being dog-like.
MepdV TIL of George Trepal of Polk County Florida. A recluse & an oddball, he poisoned his neighbors, killing the mother, by tampering bottles of Coke with thallium in 1988. He was irritated by loud music & noises by the teenage sons, the reason for doing the poisoning. He is awaiting the death row.
epBKk TIL that fish skin is used as wound dressing for severe burn injuries, leading to fast and very effective healing.
4PEN TIL that the Higgs boson, commonly refered to as the “God Particle”, was originally intended to be name the “goddamn particle”, but Leon Lederman’s publisher asked that it be changed. Higgs, an atheist, was unhappy with the nickname because he thought the term “might offend people who are religious”