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TIL There are still claimants to European thrones, some of them eagerly anticipating the transition to monarchy

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JklQ TIL before the 1900’s, it was theorised that birds slept at the bottom of lakes or migrated to the moon for the winter.
nPrY TIL Teddy Roosevelt had 31 pets at the White House. His pets included a one-legged rooster, a hyena, and a small bear.
W7Lvd TIL in China there's a public health issue regarding an illegal practice called "Gutter Oil" as up to 10% of the restaurants use cooking oil manually refined from the sewage waste.
j6RXp TIL the Pillsbury Doughboy has a family including his wife, Poppie Fresh, their kids, Popper and Bun-Bun, Flapjack, the family dog, and Biscuit, the cat. Pillsbury sold them as dolls and various playsets in the 1970s
7rjWP TIL waffle cones, reclining chairs, and playgrounds were all popularized in America as a result of the tuberculosis epidemic of the early 1900s.