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TIL pluto is still considered a planet in New Mexico

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kdjW TIL that the two spellings of blond(e) are actually gender variants, and that it is one of the few English adjectives to retain a masculine and feminine form.
w9kJ TIL the Co-founder of Cards Against Humanity sent Oregon militia 55-gallon tub of lube after other pranksters send sex toys
Opye TIL: Massachusetts General was the first hospital in the world to use anesthetics. “Ether Day,” the anniversary of that event is still celebrated 170 plus years later by its doctors and staff annually on October 16th.
Rk9a TIL 99% of people in Estonia have blue eyes
0de1y TIL The British Monarch has 'The Royal Prerogative of Mercy' which allows them to grant pardons to convicted people. Queen Elizabeth II has pardoned a few people, the most famous of whom was a posthumous pardon for Alan Turing, convicted for 'Homosexual Acts' as was illegal in 1952.