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TIL that the Czech Republic technically owns parts of the Hamburg port

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xVrjg TIL that Queen Elizabeth can legally drive a car without a license. She didn't need to take a driver's test and also doesn't have a number plate on her car.
9YmZB TIL that the very first Nobel Prize in Physics went to Wilhelm Röntgen for his discovery of X-rays.
QJlV9 TIL that in 2005, Eric James Torpy, was convicted of shooting with intent to kill and robbery. He asked that his sentence be changed from 30 years' imprisonment to 33 so that it would match Larry Bird's jersey number. His request was granted.
nPPG TIL of the term champagne socialist, which is a term used to describe self-described socialists who lead upper middle class lifestyles incompatible with their political convictions
dDxb8 TIL A 2007 independent panel found that alcohol is "freely used in crew quarters," where astronauts are quarantined at the Kennedy Space Center in the three days before launch. NASA policy prohibits any drinking in the 12 hours before an astronaut flies a training jet