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TIL that in the UK, archaic "receiver of wreck" legislation means that if someone finds treasure underwater, they can get cash rewards - or even keep the treasure - after reporting it to the receiver.

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gMZAD TIL in the 70’s, Dolly Parton once found a baby girl left in a basket outside of her home, with a note that read ‘My name is Jolene, my momma has left me here and she wants you to have me.’ Dolly took care of baby Jolene until children services was able to come pick her up.
ANXQn TIL: Confederate States Army general Robert E. Lee was married to George Washington’s granddaughter, Anna Randolph Custis.
x8lg TIL there exists a condition that is the opposite of paranoia. Pronoia is the delusion that a massive conspiracy exists to aid you.
R7Mk6 TIL that upon the death of the greatest racehorse of all time, Secretariat, scientists discovered the horse had a heart twice the size of the average horses.
neDRr TIL that William Shatner did a spoken word cover of Golden Earring's Twilight Zone