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TIL Isaac Asimov described Carl Sagan as “one of only two people he ever met whose intellect surpassed his own.”

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XEPwE TIL that if Italy was an American state, it would be the 6th largest, after New Mexico.
WDxo TIL: At the time of WW1, the King of Britain, Russia, and Germany were all first cousins. When asked about WW1, Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany sarcastically remarked, “If my grandmother [Queen Victoria] had been alive, she would never have allowed it.”
Z8JwY TIL In 2009, a retired policeman called Geraint Woolford was admitted to Abergale Hospital in north Wales and ended up next to another retired policeman called Geraint Woolford. The men weren’t related, had never met and were the only two people in the UK called Geraint Woolford.
pYWMN TIL that there are 3 types of joint brokerage accounts - join tenants with rights of survivorship, tenants in common & community property.
x61xo TIL Sweden's moose population is so big that they are considered to be a pest animal among many, with even some periods having hunters shoot the equivalent of the total moose population of Alaska annually just to keep the population in check.