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May 08, 2020

TIL if you publish a book in Norway, the government will buy thousands copies (1,550 if a children's book) and distribute them to top libraries throughout the country.

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Feb 16, 2020

TIL that Alan Turing once bought 150lbs of silver, but didn't trust banks so he buried it in the woods instead. After the price of silver had almost doubled, he went to dig it up, but could no longer find it.

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Nov 05, 2019

TIL if you publish a book in Norway, the government will buy 1000 copies (1,500 if a children's book) and distribute them to libraries throughout the country.

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Nov 02, 2019

TIL that the Polish Government in Exile, formed after the Nazi and Soviet invasion in 1939, refused to recognize the Polish People's Republic until fair elections were held. They continued to have a president, PM, and a cabinet that met every week in London until 1990 when democracy was restored

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Aug 23, 2019

TIL the London Underground has its own subspecies of mosquito, which is more aggressive towards humans than its surface-dwelling relative.

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Jun 19, 2019

TIL For the first time in 950 years, the Bayeux Tapestry will leave France and go on display in Britain. It will take several years for the tapestry to be made ready to be moved.

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Jun 18, 2019

TIL- Americans accents are more similar to 18th century England than modern day Brits with some words pronounced more like Shakespeare, British accents have undergone more change in the last few centuries than American accents

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Jun 10, 2019

TIL Half of European men share King Tut's DNA (haplogroup R1b1a2) as opposed to less than 1% of modern Egyptians. Its suggested that the common ancestor lived in the Caucasus about 9,500 years ago.

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May 21, 2019

TIL that the job with the highest death rate in the USA is the position of President at 18%.

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Mar 30, 2019

TIL that Paul McCartney once ordered a pizza to be flown from New York to London. It was delivered by Concorde.

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