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TIL that one of Britain’s top post-war writers, Benjamin Zephaniah, declined an OBE appointment (Order of the British Empire), stating the honors were "a legacy of colonialism." Besides being a renowned poet, Zephaniah also appeared in “Peaky Blinders” for about 9 years as Jeremiah Jesus

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a8p8Z TIL that Taylor Swift has a millipede named in her honor
7rp9O TIL That the 1961 Lincoln Continental Limousine that JFK was assassinated in was taken back to the motor-pool, cleaned up, reinforced and rotated back into service with the US Government until 1977
VklZ TIL that in 1896 Auburn ROTC cadets greased the skids of a railway track before a football game. The train with the incoming team couldn’t stop and slid halfway to the next town, forcing them to walk 5 miles to the game possibly contributing to their 45-0 loss.
mxmav TIL Female kangaroos can determine the sex of their offspring. They can even delay gestation when environmental factors are likely to diminish the chance of young surviving.
wL06E TIL on Michael Collins during Apollo 11 mission in July 1969, he was afraid of media focus if the mission failed , if he returned alone to Earth, & he was concerned about his mice companion not getting sick on quarantine back home.