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TIL that with every bottle of Laphroaig Whisky, you are entitled to a lifetime lease on a plot of land in Scotland (1ft squared)

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neXl9 TIL The title character of Edward Bulwer-Lytton‘s 1828 novel Pelham, dandy aristocrat Henry Pelham, wore only black evening wear. The novel’s popularity resulted in black becoming the real life standard color for men’s evening formal wear, which it still is nearly 200 years later.
kOAgW TIL French Republican calendar sought to modernize the measure of time with 10 days per week, 10 hours per day, 100 minutes per hour, and 100 seconds per minute.
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V41m TIL that when the Queen dies, no comedy programming on BBC will be aired for 12 days.