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TIL that every President of the United States, with the exception of Martin Van Buren, was related to King John of England

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aK5A TIL A Michigan rock collector found an impressive 93 lb. Petoskey stone in Lake Michigan in 2015, only to have it promptly confiscated by authorities. The stone violated a Michigan law that states no more than 25 pounds of rocks or minerals can be taken from the Great Lakes per year.
OnNX TIL Some ants form “supercolonies,” massive communities of ants that can stretch for thousands of miles.
LQopp TIL that 75% of Canadian English-language TV shows are from the US. By contrast, the top ten TV shows in Quebec are all local productions. While French Canadians love watching American films dubbed in English, they prefer low-budget Quebec TV shows (téléromans) to big-budget American ones.
KO9B TIL that in 1987 some Brazilian thieves stole a radioactive medical device and opened it. Some people died, and hundreds were contaminated.
EVrX TIL I learned that the band Aerosmith earned more money from ‘Guitar Hero’ than from any of their albums