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TIL that Bertrand Russell's grandfather was born during the French Revolution and visited Napoleon when he was exiled on Elba

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xeyD TIL in 1987 a lone Chilean Flamingo named Pink Floyd escaped from a zoo in Salt Lake City and lived alone in the wild in Utah on the Great Salt Lake, surviving off brine shrimp. He was last seen in 2005, but others have claimed they’ve spotted him since.
grZQD TIL Easy Cheese cans contain a propellant piston and plastic barrier that allows the cheese to come out as a thick string rather than a mist of fluorescent dairy. This also allows Easy Cheese to be dispensed upside down, sideways, and right side up, and the reason it doesn't need to be refrigerated
7rELP TIL that the term Soap Opera originated with radio dramas that were sponsored by soap manufacturers.
VODk TIL Willie Nelson collaborated with Snoop Dogg on a country track
MPY7 TIL At age 12 and 13, Curtis Jones and his sister, apparent victims of sexual abuse, killed one of their alleged victimizers. Child welfare knew of the abuse, but did nothing. After the murder, the state charged them as adults. Instead of getting help, they got 18 years in prison.