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TIL Queen Elizabeth II was certified truck mechanic

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7RyX TIL the role of Jafar in Disney’s Aladdin was originally offered to Patrick Stewart, but he had to turn it down due to scheduling conflicts. Stewart later said he regretted not taking the part.
R5mLw TIL Sarah Rector Became The ‘Richest Black Girl In America’ In The Early 20th Century By the time she turned 18, Sarah Rector's net worth was estimated at over $1 million — about $28 million today. And it all came from undesirable land that the federal government gave her.
NZ1Q TIL The US is the only first world country that uses the electoral college for presidential elections.
x68g7 TIL that in 2012 six Italian geologists were found guilty of manslaughter for failing to predict an earthquake that killed more than 300 people. They were sentenced to 6 years in jail, but the ruling was later overturned.
kOoDd TIL while working at a railway, Richard Sears' station received a shipment of gold watches but the jeweler refused the shipment. Sears got the watches at a reduced rate (a common scam) and sold them to his coworkers who needed to keep accurate time. The success lead to his first mail-order catalog.