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TIL British accents noticeable change within the UK every 25 miles

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5YpY9 TIL that the most common national holiday around the world is independence from the British.
n5db TIL McDonald’s Cooked their Fries in 93% Beef Fat (Tallow) until 1990, when they Switched to Vegetable Oil
YpXKA TIL that the woman who accused 14 y.o. Emmett Till of flirting with her admitted that she lied 62 years later. Till was brutally lynched by the woman’s husband and his cousin based on her accusation. Images of his mutilated body are credited with sparking the Civil Rights movement.
PYaQZ TIL that the French military actually has the best military record of the last 800 years
nWjer TIL language can affect how we perceive color. This was studied in the Himbas tribe, who have a measurably difficult time distinguishing between blue and green, because they use the same word to categorize both.