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TIL: Stephen Fry had a cocaine addiction

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N7l5P TIL that the British colony of New South Wales originally included what is now New Zealand, the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia, the Northern Territory, the Australian Capital Territory, and Norfolk Island
MJ5a TIL more boys are born during times of war and stress and no one knows why. The phenomenon is called the “Returning Soldier Effect”.
KO9BR TIL In 1940, Princess Juliana of The Netherlands was evacuated to Ottawa Canada. When her child Margaret was born, Canada declared her rooms at the Hospital as extraterritorial so the baby would have Dutch nationality. As thanks, Princess Juliana has given Ottawa 10,000 tulip bulbs every year since.
Y7ZAx TIL of the Wendat chief Kondiaronk, who's efforts concluded in what is known as The Great Peace of Montreal (1701) between France, the Iroquois, and the other Indian tribes of the Upper Great Lakes. This ended the Beaver Wars and helped open up the interior of North America to deeper French explorat
nWoAo TIL that Isaac Newton became a member of Parliament but only spoke once, telling someone to close the window.