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TIL there is a school in England where they have been wearing the same uniform for 460 years.

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vyjR TIL the CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure had a salary of $459,406 in 2010.
Eg877 TIL : TIL a female reporter attempted to recreate the famous novel "Around The World In 80 Days". Not only did she complete it with eight days to spare, she made a detour to interview Jules Verne, the original author.
Oodm7 TIL Henry VIII may have been a carrier for the rare Kell blood antigen that would have caused his wives’ antibodies to attack their Kell-positive fetuses, resulting in neonatal death
laW7 TIL that in the 1930’s,the United States banned women from showing their bellybuttons in Hollywood films. When the ban was finally lifted, Marilyn Monroe was quoted as saying, “I guess the censors are willing to recognize that everybody has a navel.”
RYO8 TIL that Helen Keller and Mark Twain were good friends, and he got his rich friends to pay for her education at Radcliffe.