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TIL that the BBC has a Coat of Arms.

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78LkX TIL that in WW2, "unrestricted submarine warfare" - the sinking of merchant ships by submarines without warning - was ordered in response to allied aircraft illegally bombing a Nazi submarine under Red Cross banner openly attempting to rescue survivors of the RMS Laconia.
R58jQ TIL while watching Strange Days that Fatboy Slim’s “Right Here, Right Now” is a sample of one of Angela Bassett’ lines
woypP TIL In the '80s, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled state governments cannot be held legally responsible for failing to protect a child from abuse or neglect (even if they knew about the risks earlier) in the case of DeShaney v. Winnebago (1989).
6JRY TIL Canada had to alter their $5 note to make Wilfrid Laurier look less like Spock
D1wdj TIL about 20,000 year-old fossilized human footprints that were discovered in Australia. Those footprints indicated that the man who made them was running at the speed of a modern Olympic sprinter, which he did by running on sand while being barefooted.