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TIL that RuPaul and Cory Booker are cousins

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0wgBN TIL The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew series are still selling over one million copies annually
VBpOB TIL Russian Tsar Peter the Great's sister owned 93 dwarves, and Peter himself had a special funeral for his favorite dwarf, which included miniature horses and a "small priest"
AnZl TIL there is a fish named Salema porgy when eaten causes severe hallucinations lasting up to 36 hours. It was a party drug during the Roman Empire
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