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TIL that actor and creator of Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane, was supposed to be on one of the planes hijacked during the 9/11 terror attacks, but missed the flight because he was hungover.

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1aDwr TIL of a man, who in 1977 rode his bike from India to Sweden to be with the women he would end up marrying.
b97oa TIL the imperial family of Japan descends from an unbroken lineage of nearly 2,000 years. No other royal family in history has held its position for so long. The first Japanese emperor, Jimmu Tennō, ruled when Jesus was around.
5vyB TIL Journalist Jon Snow declined an OBE (Order of the British Empire) because he believes working journalists should not take honours from those about whom they report.
R7vX9 TIL In March 2006 a man purchased an authentic official copy of the Declaration of Independence, one of 200 “official copies” commissioned by John Quincy Adams in 1820, for $2.48 at a Nashville, TN thrift shop. It later sold for $477,650 at auction.
5PZ9 TIL that mosquitoes have killed more humans than all the wars in history