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TIL that the BBC has a Pidgin language site for news
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TIL the September 11th massacre of 9 AD in the Teutoburg Forest was literally an inside job. The Romans lost over 10,000 to an insider who betrayed them.
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TIL the top of UPS trucks are white to act as a big translucent skylight so the drivers can see inside without the use of electricity.
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TIL In 2019 just 20 polymer producers accounted for more than half of all single-use plastic waste generated globally and the top 100 accounted for 90 per cent.
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TIL The magnetic north pole moves around 55 kilometres (34 miles) a year. It crossed the international date line in 2017, left the Canadian Arctic and is headed to Siberia. This presents a problem for compasses in smartphones and other electronics.
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TIL New York City is owed over $1 billion in unpaid parking tickets and speeding fines