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

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OGMW7 TIL camels originated in North America
VPKZ TIL - There are many examples where the food industry altered federal dietary recommendations (the “food pyramid”) in their own economic self-interest. The industries cashed in but this resulted in an overweight population.
OGxL TIL Israel is approximately the 20th most atheist/agnostic nation on Earth
ADgjx TIL John Rhys-Davies, who plays Gimli in ‘Lord of the Rings,’ lost the top of his middle finger as a kid and had special prosthetic made. He played a prank on Peter Jackson where he cut off the tip of the prosthetic, covered it with blood, walked up to Peter and said, “Boss, I had an accident.”
691G8 TIL about the Scunthorpe problem, which is the unintentional blocking of online content because of a censored string. AOL refused service to Scunthorpe, England because their filters kept censoring the word 'cunt'.