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TIL Carly Simon is an heiress of Simon & Schuster

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waD1 TIL Steve Irwin’s 13 year old son is an award winning wildlife photographer.
vPywD TIL Astronomer Pierre Janssen was he first to regularly use photographs to study the Sun. In 1903 he published his great "Atlas de photographies solaires", containing more than 6,000 solar pictures
OGj46 TIL since 1919, Social Democratic Party has won every free election in Vienna. They enacted numerous reforms, including public housing program that accommodates quarter of the population
5YvKr TIL German anatomy institutes receive so many donations that they often have to turn away cadavers, or even charge donors to take them. This is the result of people avoiding strict funeral costs that they would otherwise be legally required to pay.
6KGm TIL wasabi is typically a mix of European horseradish, mustard, and food coloring as authentic wasabi loses flavor in 15 minutes