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TIL that Queen Elizabeth II was a truck mechanic in the army

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nebgb TIL that in 1867, an American businessman attended a reading of A Christmas Carol and was so moved by it, that he closed his factory on Christmas Day and sent every employee a turkey.
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Z8bN4 TIL Some lungfish need air to respire and their gills don't provide enough oxygen
DQYeg TIL no animated film has ever been three or more hours long
xVlw7 TIL When the Pilgrims landed in America, they encountered a native that had crossed the Atlantic 6 times and spoke fluent English. One of the first things the natives asked for was beer.