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TIL Teller of Penn & Teller’s full name is legally just “Teller”.

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jE1n TIL Traces of cannabis have been found on Shakespeare’s pipe
D1ErP TIL that the barge 'Akademik Lomonosov' in the Russian Far East is the world's first floating nuclear power station. It is also the world's northernmost nuclear power plant.
w9Y8 TIL Caffeine doesn’t actually give you energy, it blocks the receptors in your brain that make you feel tired.
ANZll TIL while struggling to sell stories as a writer, George RR Martin capitalized on the early 1970s chess craze (due to Bobby Fischer's win) and was a tournament director for the Continental Chess Association.
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