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TIL that George V was euthanised by his personal physician to ensure the morning papers had the news

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1rND TIL A 2-year study that linked Ecstasy to Parkinsons was retracted from the journal Science after the authors realized they had accidentally used meth instead.
b6DQE TIL that Cotton and Kahn on "King of the Hill" and The Wiz on "Seinfeld" were played by the same actor (Toby Huss)
QJrYk TIL the United States, under Reagan, forced both Japan and Germany to sign the Plaza Accord. The agreement that would depreciate the Dollars at the costs of Yen and Mark appreciating greatly. This decision utterly destroyed Japan’s economy in the 1990s and beyond.
KYEnG TIL: In a month, we ingest the weight of a 4x2 Lego brick in plastic, and in a year, the amount of plastic in a fireman's helmet. Over a lifetime, we consume about 20 kg (44 lb) of microplastic.
AvPl TIL A Kiwi-woman got arrested in Kazakhstan, because they didnt believe New Zealand is a country.