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TIL: Some cash machines in London have a Cockney language setting.

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d9xZ TIL Angelina Jolie purchased 60,000 hectares of Cambodian land that was infiltrated by poachers and turned it into a wildlife reserve. Some of the former poachers were employed as rangers.
W7Y6N TIL about Tropic-Ana, an early Tropicana orange juice mascot. A little tropical girl carrying a bowl of oranges on her head, she was based on the four-year-old playmate of the logo artist's son. Christine Pool appeared at corporate events and a TV commercial until she accidentally cut off her braid.
O0KR TIL: The Iraq war cost $2 trillion dollars and 134,000 Iraqi civilian lives.
D1wjv TIL Australia has a talking clock called George and if you dial 1194 you will get the exact time in your area. Have a go fellow Australian, this service is going to be cancelled on October 1 after serving the Australian public for 60 years!
OwXX TIL Simpsons creator Matt Groening chose yellow for the color of the characters because he wanted viewers to think the color on their television was off balance.