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TIL that founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos was one of the first investors in Google, investing $250,000 in 1998

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R58eQ TIL of the Ondioline, one of the forerunners to the analog synthesizer, first conceived in 1939 by George's Jenny. The instrument was featured prominently on dozens of early Motown recordings, including (You're My) Dream Come True.
78rdM TIL Public DNA records can be used to find distant relatives of criminals, from which investigators can build a family tree and catch said criminals
0w8Ep TIL of Chartreuse, a storied French liqueur with a recipe that dates back to the early 1600s. The recipe originated in an old alchemical textbook presented to an order of monks by an artillery marshal of the French army. The original order of monks retains brewing rights to this day.
5Vl08 TIL that during the looting of the Chinese imperial palace at the end of the 2nd Opium War, the British soldiers took a Pekingese dog to gift to Queen Victoria. She named it "Looty"
dDM8K TIL: That there is a new U.S. government entity, ARO or Anomaly Resolution office, whose sole responsibility is to investigate credible sightings of UFOs, (unidentified flying objects)