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TIL that in the UK, the opposition is formally called “Her Majesty’s Most Loyal Opposition”

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WldA TIL that when smoking was allowed on aircraft, engineers used nicotine stains on the outside of planes to detect microscopic cracks in the fuselage. Now that smoking is banned, these cracks have become much more difficult to detect.
NwkM TIL that it is a misdemeanor to kill Sasquatch in Skamania county in the state of Washington.
0wQKA TIL, when writing from inside Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King Jr spoke of his grave disappointment with the ‘white moderate’
JYV58 TIL that companies don't follow the existing standard for the sizing of women's clothes. In 1937 a woman with a 32" bust would wear a size 14. In 1967 it was an 8. Then in 2011, it was a size 0. More expensive brands of women's pants tend to be smaller than those from cheaper brands.
OoPl7 TIL that Mister Rogers, in 1968 --the same year as the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, hired the first black actor to have a recurring role on a children’s show --François Clemmons. Clemmons portrayed a police officer on Mister Rogers neighborhood.