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TIL Seth Rogen testified before Congress to call for financing care for sufferers of Alzheimer’s disease and that he has a charity for the same called “Hilarity for Charity”

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J1aXm TIL in order to prevent certain legal instruments from operating in perpetuity, a Royal Lives Clause may be written into a contract which provides a definite but extended period of time usually tied to twenty-one years past the death of last living descendent of the current British monarch.
XE4M6 TIL that while living in China for his profession in mining, Herbert Hoover was trapped in Tianjin by the Boxer Rebellion. While there, he helped guide US Marines unfamiliar with the terrain and may have rescued Chinese children caught in the crossfire.
BrLML TIL that the infamous Heaven's Gate cult supported themselves by doubling as a moderately successful web design firm. Their clients included the San Diego Polo club and a Christian music store.
rNo1 TIL that 99% of all puppies sold at pet stores come from puppy mills.
xVAYg TIL that Alfred Wegener, the man who originally came up with continental drift theory, went on to die in a winter expedition in Greenland to measure meteorological events.