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TIL Elton John ended up on the new Queens of the Stone Age album after surprising the frontman with a phone call, telling him he needed an “actual queen” on the record.

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nkJW TIL, Al Capone was responsible for expiration dates on milk jugs.
WkVMd TIL In 1888, the train carrying the Russian Imperial Family derailed. Emperor Alexander III used his massive physical strength to lift the collapsed roof of the dining car so his family could escape. However, the blunt force trauma on his kidneys caused the nephritis which killed him 6 years later.
j6ZLQ TIL that in 2012, prior to her wrestling career, WWE’s Gigi Dolin starred in a season 1 episode of My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding. In the episode her family spends big money on a dress to help find her a suitable bachelor. She was 14 at the time.
dDMkr TIL with few exceptions there's no such thing as a "family coat of arms." Coats of arms are given to individuals. They can be passed down but are not associated with a surname. There can be many coats of arms in a family. Companies offering surname histories and arms often fabricate their findings.
nQrr TIL Mark Twain, noted abolitionist and women’s rights activist, paid for the schooling of black people, including paying one man’s tuition for Yale Law School.