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TIL Virgin Media tasked 10 staff working around the clock to find 1 voicemail recording of an OAP's late wife, as he had lost it due to the system upgrade.

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mgRY TIL that in South Asia widowed women were once routinely burned alive on their husbands’ funeral pyres. A British general outlawed it, saying “This burning of widows is your custom; prepare the funeral pile… But my nation has also a custom. When men burn women alive we hang them.”
oY8E TIL a man lived in a French airport departure lounge for 17 years. He entered the airport and ‘lost’ his passport. As he had no passport he could not fly to his destination, the UK, but he had entered France legally so could not be expelled.
7dkL TIL That a victim of the Aurora shooting (at the Dark Knight Rises Premier) didn’t have insurance and woke up with 2 million dollars in medical expenses.
vPGJj TIL umarell are “men of retirement age who spend their time watching construction sites, especially roadworks – stereotypically with hands clasped behind their back”
0w4Bj TIL Ewan McGregor, who famously played Obi-Wan Kenobi, has a brother - Colin McGregor who is a British RAF pilot and his call-sign is "Obi Two".