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TIL: Cards Against Humanity created a knock off pringles called prongles

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kZee TIL in 2005 the Powerball drawing produced 110 2nd-prize winners. The Multi-State Lottery Association thought it was fraud. It turned out the winners simply played the lucky numbers from their Wonton Food fortune cookies. The fortune read “All the preparation you’ve done will finally be paying off.”
MeWDm TIL there are limestone mines beneath Paris that became an ossuary and final resting place for over six million people. During a cholera outbreak in the 1800’s over 170,000 people were hastily dumped in the catacombs and covered with quick lime to remove the flesh.
5YL8 TIL the word “frenemies” dates as far back as 1953, when it appeared in print referring to US/Soviet relations.
M7N17 TIL that Anglo-Indians (Indians with British ethnic origin) have 2 reserved seats in India's Parliament (Lok Sabha)
PYJvO TIL If we went back a thousand years, each of us would have over a trillion direct ancestors, which is more than all the humans who have ever lived. So yeah, we're all descended from royalty, somewhere.