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TIL there is a Cornwall Independence movement, complete with it’s own “terrorist” group.

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DmWg TIL in 1941 the world’s largest seed bank (created by botanist Nikolai Vavilov) was housed in Leningrad. As the Germans surrounded the city forcing mass starvation, Vavilov’s scientists refused to eat from the collection, slowly dying of hunger as they maintained 16 rooms of edible plants.
lBv7 TIL that Game Of Thrones author George R. R. Martin sent actor Jack Gleeson ( Who plays Joffrey ) a letter saying “Congratulations on your marvelous performance, everyone hates you.”
wok6 TIL Mt. Everest has 3G coverage
KeB TIL that there are two known instances of beaches being stolen
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