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TIL that the current Crown Princess of Norway was born into a poor family and had a convicted felon as a father. She also has a son from a previous relationship who is a serial sex offender. Her public approval rating as of 2024 is low with only 27% of Norwegians approving of her as future queen.

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BaPr TIL the last man executed by electric chair in the U.S. was removed from the death penalty on appeal. Thinking this made him immune, he boasted of his crimes, supplying evidence which allowed him to be re-convicted and then executed.
OGKpY TIL the "Mount Rushmore Syndrome" is the phenomenon where the US government, when faced with budget cuts, will cut the most visible and popular parts of its budget instead of reducing waste.
DJee TIL In 2004, a group of 9 prestigious doctors called for sharply lowering the desired levels of “bad” cholesterol, but it was soon revealed that eight of nine members of the panel writing the recommendations had financial ties to the makers of cholesterol-lowering drugs
X0B8P TIL Taoist myths say Lao Tzu was a virgin birth. By the mid-twentieth century, consensus had emerged among Western scholars that the historicity of such a person is doubtful and that the Tao Te Ching is a compilation of Taoist sayings by many hands, with an author being invented afterwards.
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