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TIL that Perrier mineral water is naturally carbonated under the ground and wells up through a spring already fizzy.

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QJZap TIL Mantan Moreland was almost one of the three stooges that was supposed to replace Shemp Howard after his death
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E1Rww TIL that Thomas Young proved that light is a wave, described elasticity, capillary action, explained how our eyes focus and see color, compared the grammar and vocabulary of 400 languages, deciphered hieroglyphs and contributed to music theory. He is called "The Last Man Who Knew Everything".
e0roJ TIL that Queen Elizabeth II has a personal bagpiper that plays under her window every morning.
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