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TIL there is something called 'sovereign immunity', preventing Queen Elizabeth from law prosecution. In theory, she could get away with murder.

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Wvjd TIL for centuries before refrigeration, Russians dropped live frogs into their milk to keep it from spoiling. Secretions from their skin inhibited the growth of bacteria.
awkx9 TIL child prodigy who went to Oxford at age 13, went on later to work as a call girl.
D1Zp TIL Kevin Bacon is in a country band with his brother called the Bacon Brothers.. And they have SIX ALBUMS
LQ5pQ TIL Products made by incarcerated New Yorkers, who earn as little as 16 cents an hour, power a $50 million-a-year industry.
ANMNl TIL of the Bouba/Kiki Effect. When people are asked to assign the name "Bouba" or "Kiki" to two amorphous shapes —one round & one spiky— they strongly tend to choose Bouba for the round one, and Kiki for the spiky. This has been robustly confirmed across a majority of cultures & languages worldwide.