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TIL that amongst the crowns, swords and sceptres the oldest British ‘crown jewel’ is a spoon, the Coronation spoon to be precise.

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R6xa TIL Bill Murray thinks the Hong Kong Comedy ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ was “the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy”
Oo8Bg TIL that Saint Nicholas, the basis for Santa Claus, was the patron saint of prostitutes, sailors, and repentant thieves, among other things.
vPZJj TIL that a day in Venus (rotation) is actually longer than a year (orbiting the sun).
kJWQE TiL that while primary endosymbiosis, which originated the plastids and the mitochondria, happened only once, secondary endosymbiosis happened several types, giving rise to many different, unrelated groups of algae that got their plastids by engulfing other eukaryotes that had engulfed bacteria!
GYMV5 TIL that Dustin Hoffman was originally considered for the lead role in ‘Blade Runner’