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TIL Members are forbidden from eating and drinking in the British Parliamentary chambers with only one exception. The Chancellor of the Exchequer may have an alcoholic beverage while delivering the Budget statement.

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e0QE4 TIL that ketchup was first sold as medicine. In 1834 Dr. John Cooke Bennet invented the idea to add tomatoes to ketchup (a fish or mushroom mix at the time). He believed that adding tomatoes added the vitamins and antioxidants needed to cure indigestion, later prescribing tomato pills to patients.
pVKb TIL in 2011, two Nepali men climbed Mount Everest and then proceeded to paraglide off of the summit, landing 35 km away. They then hiked and kayaked to the Bay of Bengal, winning the pair National Geographic Adventurers of the Year.
rN7Do TIL there are multiple universities that offer credit courses for Taylor Swift, including NYU and UC Berkeley
Ojxa TIL of Angle-grinder man. A superhero dressed anonymous vigilante who would offer a free wheel clamp removal service in London and Kent.
J1wOv TIL former Boston Red Sox pitcher Hideki Okajima's unique pitching motion was inspired by a character in Yoishi Takashi's Manga "Ace!" Okajima believed the motion would make him throw harder.