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TIL that in 2013 a referendum was held in the Falkland Islands asking citizens to decide whether they supported the continuation of their status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom; 3 people out of 1516 voted no

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6Eoa8 TIL in the UK until 1936 the royal Sandringham estate had it's own unique time zone called Sandringham Time (ST) which was set 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
grWmW TIL of the Price–Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act (1957) that put a limit on compensations following a large scale non-military nuclear-catastrophe. It was ratified to lower the risk for private development and use of nuclear technology.
kJPym TIL: Compared with meat-eaters, vegetarians are more likely to have a higher educational level, whereas vegans have a lower education level.
VB1X4 TIL every May in Hamburg tugboats perform choreographed tugboat ballet to the tunes of waltz
MeLAW TIL soundtracks to movies were included as “optical sound” on the edge of film reels starting in the 1920s. Usually the density or width of the signal was read by a photodiode and turned into sound with some delay to match the picture on the screen.