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GAZN7 TIL: You can be elected to be a UK MP even if you do not hold British citizenship.
0dpnR TIL before 1923 in UK, only men were allowed to file for divorce and only in the case of adultery. In 1923 Matrimonial causes act was passed which gave the same right to women. Further in 1937, additional grounds for divorce such as cruelty, desertion, etc. were offered.
5YZgp TIL In 1940 9,169 British people were killed in road traffic accidents during the wartime blackout. One person died that year for every 200 vehicles on the road; today the figure is one for every 20,000.