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TIL what "twice removed" actually means in a family tree

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l0eK TIL the novel ‘Dracula’ was not a bestseller when it was first released, and Bram Stoker died not knowing he had created one of the most famous stories of all time.
JYvo8 TIL that Marmite cannot be marketed/sold in the EU member state of Denmark because the licence required to market certain fortified foods in the country has not been applied for yet
jNdKj TIL in 1994, 17 year old Rashida Jones (aka Ann Perkins in Parks and Rec) wrote an open letter addressing 2Pac's scathing remarks about her parents' interracial marriage. After working things out, he became friends with Rashida and her family, and went on to date Rashida's sister prior to his death.
b6gwZ TIL The first thing ever sold on the Internet was a a bag of weed between students at Stamford and MIT
Ddee TIL Locusts are actually grasshoppers that change both physically and behaviorally when in contact with other grasshoppers