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TIL Manet’s (the famous French painter) mother was the goddaughter of the King Charles XIV John of Sweden.

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ZeLY TIL every resident of Alaska gets an annual “oil royalty check”–a payment representing their share of revenue from Alaskan oil. In 2008 the payout reached a high of $2,069, or $8,276 for a family of four.
VBLPB TIL of the Bolshevik Kamo, who was a master of disguise and carried out bank robberies to raise funds. After Kamo shot a spy and tore out their heart, Vladimir Lenin expressed a desire to never see Kamo ever again.
l7G45 TIL, that Indian wire & cable manufacturer company RR Kabel Ltd's Kabel word is actually a german for cable. I thought Kabel is stylized word of Cable. This company was established in 1995.
rN1kw TIL A 2017 study found that the introduction of iodized salt in 1924 raised the IQ for the one-quarter of the population most deficient in iodine.
Bv1e TIL that actor Andre Royo who played drug addict Bubbles on The Wire was given a small package of heroin by a Baltimore resident with the man saying “Man, you need a fix more than I do.”. Royo has called this his “street Oscar”.