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TIL the state of South Dokota once sued 15 cats

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R7N79 TIL the opposite of déjà vu, jamais vu involves a sense of unfamiliarity with, or of never having experienced or seen before, something that should be familiar. Presque vu is the feeling of being on the brink of a powerful epiphany, insight, or revelation, without actually achieving the revelation.
ZN1R TIL William Lear, Founder of the Lear Jet Corporation, named one of his daughters Crystal Shanda Lear
9YJGQ TIL despite the Romans using lead water pipes, lead poisoning from the water supply system was almost nonexistent since the high calcium content in their water created a layer of plaque preventing the water contacting the lead itself.
X0Ad6 TIL that Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia were cousins and exchanged conciliatory personal telegrams as World War I broke out between their countries. The messages were in informal English (a language they shared), signed “Willy” and “Nicky”.
N7m66 TIL about Congo's Salonga National Park. The world’s second largest tropical rainforest national park and the largest in Africa. It is considered to be practically virgin, unaffected by human activities and largely unexplored.