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TIL that the BBC has a section where the news is written in Pidgin.

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7nKL TIL that 28 US states have an official state beverage. 21 of those 28 chose milk. Alabama chose whiskey.
Bgxmd TIL legend states that Reinhard Heydrich, high ranking Nazi, is said to have worn the Bohemian crown while overseeing occupied Czechoslovakia, an act which if done by a usurper is said to mean certain death within a year. Both Heydrich and Heydrich's firstborn son, Klaus, died within the year.
4XkMJ TIL that water towers provide water pressure based on their height and don’t just hold water.
l9MG TIL that in Star Wars Tales #19: Han Solo travels through time and crashes on Earth. Han is killed in an attack by Natives, but Chewbacca lives and becomes the Sasquatch. 126 years later, Indiana Jones is tracking down the Sasquatch only to find the crashed Millennium Falcon and the body of Han Solo
oJR7 TIL that Nixon sabotaged LBJ’s peace negotiations with North Vietnam.