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TIL Queen Elizabeth has won more than $9.4 million on horse betting and is also the 11th most successful owner of racing horses.

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vPBgB TIL that in just 20 months ( three campaigning seasons), the Roman Republic lost one-fifth (150.000) of the entire male population of citizens over 17 years of age during the Second Punic Wars (218 - 201 BC)
MvL0 TIL that Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701-1744), originally created the temperature scale Celsius with the freezing point of water being 100° and boiling point being 0°. Eventually after Anders Celsius died, scientists changed the scale to the way we know it today.
woDbE TIL Cotard’s Syndrome (AKA; Walking Corpse Syndrome or Cotard Delusion) is a condition where someone believes that they have already died.
wojN8 TIL The bumblebee bat is the world’s smallest mammal. Found in Thailand and Myanmar, these bats have an average body length of just over 1 inch. Bumblebee bats are currently considered endangered.
R7J79 TIL that Christopher Mccandless from "Into The Wild" didn't poison himself as the novel/film says. He merely starved to death.