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Bdpy TIL that Johnny Depp and Queen Elizabeth are related
lAaG TIL the makers of the “Piracy, it’s a crime” advert used the music in it illegally. They did not have permission to use it in the DVDs
Op76 TIL Stephen King wrote a handwritten review for Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix in which he said Dolores Umbridge was “the best fictional villain since Hannibal Lecter.”
OGJg7 TIL the highest point above Earth’s center is not Everest. It’s Mount Chimborazo, in Ecuador. This is because the earth is not a perfect sphere, but rather oblong shaped. The earth is fatter in the middle from centrifugal forces during its constant rotation.
78nEX TIL that the official residence of the US vice president is on the grounds of the US Naval Observatory to save money and that, by law, it is still officially the "official temporary residence" of the vice president.