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TIL Victoria is the Capital of Seychelles!

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wo0O7 TIL the actor who played the medical examiner from NCIS wrote the hook sampled by Dr. Dre's The Next Episode
Me1v8 TIL that most cheap chocolate contains food-grade paraffin wax, though it's not listed as an ingredient because it's not even food.
6E0pW TIL The album "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" has the songs Blowin in the Wind, A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall, Don't Think Twice, It's Alright, and Girl From North Country... it was released THREE DAYS AFTER HIS 22ND BIRTHDAY.
mAvy TIL That a whipping boys existed in the English court in the middle ages. Since monarchy was appointed by God, no one could punish the Prince for bad behavior. For the whipping boy be an effective tool for discipline often a friend was chosen where the two had emotional bond.
Xak8 TIL Helga Estby walked across America to win a $10,000 prize to save her home. When she finished, the sponsor refused to pay out. She returned home and found two of her children died in her absence, then she lost her house.