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TIL that the English town of Washington, Tyne and Wear celebrates the Fourth of July as it's the ancestral home of the Washington family

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xVWRD TIL in 1873, after reigning for 2 years, having to deal with Spanish politics, republican conspiracies, Carlist uprisings, separatism in Cuba, same-party disputes, fugitive governments and assassination attempts the king of Spain abdicated and proclaimed Spanish people to be "Ungovernable".
5DR8 TIL the US suppressed a 1995 WHO study which proved that occasional cocaine use causes no physical or social problems. We only know it thanks to a 2009 Wikileak.
E1oo0 TIL that only 17% of restaurants fail within their first year, despite the commonly touted figure of 9 / 10
j6GvQ TIL Mavis Beacon was a fictional character played by Renée L’espérance.
rNBoW TIL of the earlier War In Vietnam which was a success for Western forces. Combined British, Japanese and French forces defeated Ho Chi Minh, with the well experienced British forces having particular success.