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TIL that Princess Diana and Winston Churchill are from the same family

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M7jAA TIL that at the onset of War in the Pacific Franklin Delano Roosevelt knew extremely detailed information about every island in the Pacific, which he learned thanks to his hobby of stamp collecting
OGBje TIL That the skeletons in the pool scene in Poltergeist were real human skeletons.
4kDVb TIL about the Ponzo Illusion, which is is a visual phenomenon where two identical lines appear different in length due to converging background lines, creating a sense of perspective and depth distortion
bRp0 TIL a young Charlie Wilson’s dog was killed by a next door neighbor who was running for city council by mixing crushed glass into the dog’s food. Charlie Wilson retaliated by driving 96 poor black voters to the polls ultimately causing his neighbor to lose the election.
PZMw TIL, In 2006, a woman farted on a plane and tried to cover up the smell by lighting matches, causing an emergency landing.