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TIL Queen Elizabeth II is likely a direct descendant of Dracula through her grandmother Queen Mary

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eN0n TIL in 1599, Shakespeare satirically wrote that the governments would eventually make the masses fat because lean men are dangerous, whereas fat men are easier to prevent from revolting and keep entertained.
VMeGk TIL that DisneyWorld was designed to be inhospitable to mosquitoes. Disney also stocks its ponds with mosquitofish that eat mosquito larvae in the water.
vR7D TIL that even though Detroit is just across the river from it, Windsor, Ontario has one of the lowest murder rates in all of Canada.
g7Yb TIL In 1964, the United States actually ran out of Pop-Tarts. A Kellogg’s spokesperson said, “In 1964, the first shipment of Pop-Tarts sold out in just two weeks.”
GAAb5 TIL that the Voyager and Pioneer probes are on course to pass by several stars in the far future - some within one light-year's distance. The Voyager probes carry messages/music/photos from Earth, while the Pioneer probes have a map of the solar system and a depiction of naked humans.