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TIL Conan O'Brien has History and Literature Degrees from Harvard.

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VMdnm TIL There's a 30 Year-Old Airline That's Never Flown
EgvJX TIL of the existence of a popular UK character called Mr Blobby. Who has been in television since 1992 and has a No. 1 single.
7DAM TIL that US Marines murdered 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in response to an IED that killed a Marine in Haditha, Iraq. The Marine Corps reported that 15 civilians were killed by the IED, and 8 ‘insurgents’ were killed in response. Evidence showed this report to be false.
epwX4 TIL that potato plants are poisonous. The part that we eat is the only edible part of the whole plant. It's also a member of the nightshade family.
j681p TIL Chinese Emperor Qin Er Shi was considered “Son of Heaven”, and that his own voice must never be heard, and his face must never be shown, meaning that ministers rarely had the opportunity to address the emperor. Qin Er Shi was forced to commit suicide at the age of 22