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TIL Queen Elizabeth II is the head of a whopping 16 states.

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18X4 TIL that Bill Murray considers Groundhog Day probably the best work that he has done. Before that movie he was seen largely as a clown. After it, he was a complex actor with range.
b64jN TIL that historically, syphilis was treated by infecting patients with malaria to induce fever. About 15% of patients died from malaria, but this was considered better than the near-certain death from syphilis.
6EkZZ TIL the earliest known site of human habitation in North America (at 19,000 years old) is a short drive from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was discovered in 1955 because of a groundhog hole.
jv6X TIL in 1943, a Mexican farmer named Dionisio Pulido had a volcano start to form in his corn field. By the early 50s it was over 400 meters tall. Before being evacuated and leaving his home for the last time, he left a sign that read “This volcano is owned and operated by Dionisio Pulido.”
Y4ZB TIL 35% of polled American workers said they would be willing to forego a significant pay raise in exchange for having their boss fired.