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TIL that the UK illegal cannabis industry is so large at £7 billion that It has to be included in the country’s GDP.

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aw4YA TIL that Mark Knopfler agreed to allow Weird Al to parody "Money For Nothing" on the condition that Knopfler play the lead guitar on the track to add "authenticity."
Bbpx TIL that a Japanese anime named Sazae-san is more than 46 years old and has been airing since 1969 with a total of 2330 episodes on Sunday. It is one of the biggest ratings grabber on Japanese TV following simple plot lines like; today Sazae-san goes to the mall and gets lost.
G6Yg TIL Every year, OSHA publishes a list of workplace deaths with a one sentence description of what happened
XeOR TIL the current King of Sweden is Karl XVI despite only being the 10th king of that name; in 1604, Karl IX (actually the third) picked his regnal number based on a completely fictitious history of Sweden, and the mistake stuck.
lA1 TIL Daddy Long Leg spiders are more closely related to ticks than spiders.