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TIL Anderson Cooper is the great-great-great grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt.

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XJLQ TIL There is an alarm clock that donates your money to an organization you hate if you press snooze.
16vGW TIL that in the town of Hartford Connecticut, during the colonial times, voter receive a booze infused cake slice, after the church considered christmas as pagan and banned the christmas treats.
WkJgB TIL Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane) allowed Chic-Fil-A to use her song 'Nothings Going to Stop Us Now' in a commercial just so she could take their money and donate it to 'Lambda Legal,' an organization that offers legal support to the LGBQT community and people living with AIDS.
x6a8g TIL supernovae become so bright that they may briefly outshine their entire home galaxy
P74Z TIL For the last 30 years EVERY member of Congress has received monthly copies of Hustler Magazine.