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TIL the Queen of the UK is the legal owner of one-sixth of the Earth’s land surface.

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v1Jjj TIL a woman sued CBS, Showtime, and the New York City subway system because an ad for the show "Dexter" was so scary that it made her fall down a flight of stairs.
MeJOa TIL after an Iranian government contract for a British company was cancelled and given to Siemens instead, a British embassy investigation revealed that it was because Siemens' Iranian sales agent allowed the Shah to sleep with his wife in exchange for the contract.
AJwg TIL: Syphillis destroyed so much of Al Capone’s brain, his doc and psychiatrist put Capone’s capabilities as being a 12-year old.
X0QND TIL lightning balls that phase through walls and explode can show up rarely and without reason
XEaPj TIL that the "I" and "O" of a power switch are internationally-recognized symbols for "ON" and "OFF" because they are the binary symbols representing ON (1) and OFF (0), decided by the IEC (International Electrotechnical Committee)