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epxbb TIL that the time zone used on the International Space Station is Coordinated Universal Time, which is equivalent to GMT.
wbOJ TIL that the Chief Translator for the European Parliament can speak 32 different languages fluently
J1yxV TIL of A.J Weberman. A controversial Dylanologist who has been calling for Bob Dylan to return back to his early counterculture era unsuccessfully for 54 years and counting. His behaviour eventually lead to Bob Dylan assaulting him in 1971. AJ also believe many of Dylan’s songs are about Him.
e0D56 TIL during WW2, captured German officers were sent to Britain as POWs and lived in luxury in Trent Park to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitler's madness and V2 rocket bases.
N7ARQ TIL: The late, great Bill Paxton is the only actor to be killed onscreen by a Terminator, a Predator and a Xenomorph Alien.