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TIL There's a family where every member has 12 fingers

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yQdbe TIL that as of 2017, there was over 22 billion chickens on the planet, an increase of 12 billion from 1990.
dDy7B TIL William Thomas Turner, the captain of the RMS Lusitania when it was sunk by a U-Boat in 1915, was also captain of the troopship SS Ivernia when it was sunk by a U-Boat in 1916. His son, Percy Wilfred Turner, was killed in 1941 when his ship, the Jedmoor, was sunk by a U-Boat.
EgYld TIL the assumption that Harry Potter books have increased literacy among young people is "largely a folk legend." Research found no increase in reading among children and that children who read Harry Potter books were not more likely to go on to read outside the fantasy and mystery genres.
Nog1 TIL that the City of London Police are the reigning Olympic tug of war champions.
RJa1 TIL a Poor and Illiterate Irishman called George Thomas travelled to India, worked as a mercenary for Indian Kings and eventually became a King himself, ruling over his own kingdom for a number of years in the districts of Rohtak and Hisar