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TIL comedian Louis CK’s first language is Spanish as he grew up in Mexico. He jokes that he is an “accidental white person” because he doesn’t look Hispanic

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bWoZ TIL writer Stephen King was so absolutely wasted on Cocaine, Alcohol and other drugs during the 1980’s he does not actually remember writing “Cujo.” He sobered up by the late 80’s after his wife staged an intervention
Y7Mnx TIL of Mrs Chippy, a ship's cat aboard the Endurance during Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expedition. After Shackleton drove the ship into an ice-locked position, stranding everyone on the ice, he ordered the cat and several dogs shot because they were "weak".
0dGWp TIL Nurse Violet Jessop survived a collision on the Olympic (1911), the sinking of the Titanic (1912) and the sinking of the Britannic (1916 during WWI)
LWGv TIL part of Holland can be flooded to keep an invading army out, transforming Holland into an island
rNOe TIL Vatican City has the lowest age of consent and highest crime rate in Europe