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TIL Michael Jackson's maternal grandfather was named Prince Albert Screws

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l76W7 TIL Lonely parrots can be taught to call their buddies.
Wkj9A TIL that All-Dressed chips are a combo of BBQ, ketchup, sour cream & onion, and salt & vinegar.
GY75J TIL of Bass Reeves, the first black U.S marshal west of the Mississippi River. At the end of his career in 1907 at the age of 70, he had arrested over 3000 felons and shot and killed 14 outlaws.
xNQ7 TIL An Australian man - Don Ritchie lived across the street from the most famous suicide spot in Australia known as “the gap.” He lived there for 45 years and during that time he saved at least 160 people from committing suicide.
0d0K1 TIL the Expatriation Act of 1907 forced U.S. women to lose their citizenship if they married foreign nationals, automatically adopting their husband's nationality. This discriminatory policy was overturned by the Cable Act of 1922, which restored women’s right to retain their citizenship.