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TIL there's a Volvo high mileage club, and the top car has apparently done 3,000,000 miles! And there are several over a million miles...

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v1Y4r TIL that the phrase 'from time immemorial' has specific legal meaning in British law, and begins on 6 July 1189, the day Richard I assumed the throne.
mxBOv TIL of the Martock fava bean. An essential component of the average medieval survival diet. This varierty can still be found for sale.
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