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TIL that the UK government began to buy and nationalise over 300 pubs in 1916 because they felt the nation's workers' excessive drinking was having a detrimental effect on the war effort

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LJxr TIL that there once was a flamingo who lived around the Great Salt Lake in Utah. His name was Pink Floyd, and he escaped an Aviary in 1987. He was last seen in 2005 in Idaho.
gVAX TIL the world’s longest burning light bulb was installed in 1901 and has been glowing for over 110 years straight. It has a carbon filament that is eight times thicker than a contemporary bulb.
6ZRw TIL: a detailed study of the world’s economies predicts that there will be no European countries in the G8 by 2050
Lk4nd TIL after collaborating on the intervention of the atomic bomb, the US promised they would share all of their research with the UK, as the UK had done so. However, the US lost the signed agreement and went back on its word. This meant the UK was the only country to invent nuclear weapons twice.
LkXbP TIL a Chinese zookeeper licked a rare monkey's butt for over an hour to help it pass a peanut that was endangering its life.