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TIL a very disproportionate amount of celebrities come from rich families

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MlmK TIL there was a crazy theory that the half-brother of Japan’s first Shogun survived the Shogun’s wrath after being seen as a political threat, and escaped to Mongolia. There he settled and changed his name to Genghis Khan.
0JDR TIL there are still people who practice the old Norse religions and worship Odin, Thor, etc.
Wkyjd TIL Every military working dog is an NCO - in tradition at least. Some say the custom was to prevent handlers from mistreating their dogs; hence, a dog is always one rank higher than its handler.
BrLEd TIL Goldfish can suffer an internal bacteria infection in the kidneys. In the late stages of dropsy, a goldfish will have a swollen belly so severe that its scales are raised outwards and most cases at this point are terminal
47VX TIL privacy is different from secrecy. I know what you do in the bathroom, but you still close the door. That’s because you want privacy, not secrecy