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TIL that a couple invited Queen Elizabeth to their wedding as a joke but the queen actually showed up.

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164r TIL that the underwear bomber had agreed to being sodomized by his Muslim brethren in the name of jihad so as to widen his anus just enough to be able to hold explosives inside.
beOp TIL that most U.S. Vodka producers do not distill their own spirits. Rather, they buy bulk ethanol, dilute it with water and flavorings and then sell it as premium booze.
oRBd8 TIL the only non-Native Governor of a Native American Pueblo was Solomon Bibo, a Jewish immigrant from Prussia who immigrated to the New Mexico Territory, married a woman from the Acoma Pueblo tribe, and was supported by the tribe to be recognized as Governor. He served from 1885 to 1889.
PYB6n TIL, in 1973 a drunk driver hit and killed a tree that had been used for a landmark in the Sahara Desert for nearly 300 years... And it was the only tree within 250 miles.
dl7E TIL that in 1972 a 1.7 billion year old nuclear reactor was discovered in Africa