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TIL That Robin Williams great-great-grandfather was the governor of Mississippi from 1896-1900

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yVeva TIL that trade in albino body parts is an actual thing in Tanzania.
9Alr TIL the deepest gold mine in North America is located in Quebec, Canada. The deepest shaft of the mine reaches over 2.48 miles (4 kilometers) underground and is predicted to be able to access over 12.5 million ounces of gold.
x985 TIL a doctor named Haing Ngor survived four years of genocide under the Khmer Rouge by pretending to be uneducated. After moving to America, he starred in a movie - as a man faking stupidity to survive the Khmer Rouge. He won an Oscar.
jN6ma TIL that it is not possible to resign from the UK Parliament. To "resign", a Member requests that the Queen appoint him/her as "Royal Steward" of a manor (with no duties or pay). Working for Queen while serving in Parliament is illegal, and so by doing this, the Member is ejected from Parliament.
ZPep TIL if all the frozen water stored near the south pole of Mars suddenly melted, it would make a planetwide ocean 11 meters deep.