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TIL the all time biggest winner in the history of Jeopardy is a college drop out.

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GYnJJ TIL that there is a position in the House of Lords called Black Rod. Their job is to summon the House of Commons and have a door slammed in their face, showing the people's power over the monarchy.
Gal5 TIL a Dutch television network broadcasted The Big Donorshow, in which a supposedly terminally ill woman chose 1 out of 25 contestants to receive her kidney after she died. The program sparked a major controversy, but led to 50.000 requests for donor forms.
QJGnM TIL of El Mahrousa, the official presidential Super-Yacht of Egypt. It was built in 1863 by English engineers, it's the oldest yet still the 9th largest Yacht in the world. It has carried three Egyptian leaders into exile, ended a dynasty, and carried the Egyptian delegation to the 1979 peace talks
awkx9 TIL child prodigy who went to Oxford at age 13, went on later to work as a call girl.
9w7A7 TIL The US Navy still operates wooden ships.