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TIL Dane Cook had to send his brother to prison for stealing millions from him.

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oB0mL TIL that Cynethryth, wife of Mercian King Offa, is the only Anglo-Saxon queen known to have coins issued in her name.
R5vPQ TIL that Jerusalem has endured 52 assaults, been captured and recaptured 44 times, faced 23 sieges, and suffered complete destruction twice throughout its turbulent history.
6EyAl TIL US Senate Pages are not allowed to have cell phones or use the Internet for anything besides school
MWx0 TIL of laughing gas parties, where the British upper class would get high off of nitrous oxide
x65Bg TIL there is an University in Pyongyang, North Korea known as PUST that teaches entirely in English. It also operates its own social media accounts. Foreign academics can apply to volunteer to lecture at the University in-person or online.