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TIL that in Denmark you get paid to go to school

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m1nEO TIL that Larry Holmes was one victory away from matching Rocky Marciano’s unsurpassed heavyweight record of 49-0, when he was defeated by Michael Spinks.
WkaAY TIL oranges aren't naturally occuring, and the first ones weren't even orange
QJyaL Flying at an altitude of 37000 ft., Rüppell's griffon vulture is the highest flying bird ever recorded.
Br4Mx TIL: The hyphenating of an American’s ethnicity or origin was originally a nationalistic and disparaging epithet.
vlVR TIL in December 2002 a 60-year-old mechanic was fined for failing to notify the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency that he’d removed his motorcycle from the road. He refused to pay and claimed that he had the right by medieval law to choose a trial by combat with a “champion” nominated by the DVLA