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TIL that in Australia, burger king restaurants are called 'Hungry Jacks' as a small chip shop had claimed that name

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GAmX7 Til While Benjamin Franklin was in England, he wanted to meet sir Isaac Newton. But the meeting never happened.
5BE9 TIL Oklahoma passed California last year as the most seismically active state in the continental U.S.
16Qxr TIL that Angelina Jolie is a descendant from King Phillip II of France
nWj4b TIL Negative effects of alcohol consumption by pregnant women on the child has been noted since Roman times. Also, alcohol was used to prevent preterm labour into the 1980s, sometimes being applied intravenously.
bDD9 TIL when a Russian man’s family died in a 2002 plane crash over Germany, he tracked down the air traffic controller he felt was responsible and murdered them in front of their family. For this, he spent 3 years in a Swiss prison, then returned home and was appointed as a deputy to a govt. ministry.