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TIL that Wembley stadium used to be called Empire Stadium

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DQNrJ TIL childhood classic ‘Goodnight Moon’ was inspired by a stormy lesbian romance
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kJEYE TIL That the Bank of England vaults hold 400,000 bars of gold, worth over £200 billion
E11w TIL that when Mr Potato Head first appeared in 1952, only the parts were supplied and parents had to provide the potato to stick the bits into.
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