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TIL that in 6 days Queen Elizabeth will become the longest reigning British Monarch

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mxJ8O TIL that the Catholic Church is the largest non-government provider of education and medical services in the world.
QN7G6 TIL that the longest democratically elected communist government in history was the 34 year Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front rule in the Indian state of West Bengal
yVQ6v TIL that the inflatable pig on the cover of Pink Floyd's album Animals broke loose from its chain tethering during the album photoshoot. The pig floated about 20,000 feet in the air causing commerical planes to land mid-flight. Fittingly, the British Royal Air Force found the pig on a farm.
OGN7 TIL that a reliable way of detecting art forgeries is to test for cesium-137 and strontium-90 as these isotopes did not exist in nature prior to the first use of nuclear weapons in 1945.
xVwxD TIL Michigan is one of the safest states from natural disasters as shown by data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration