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TIL of the General Strike of 1842 when English workers went on strike, demanding their government act in their interest.

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P10Yw TIL that a bunch of bananas is called a hand and a single banana is called a finger
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kApd TIL the government of Germany does not recognize Scientology as a religion. Scientology has been labelled officially as a ‘abusive business masquerading as a religion’.
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LkK90 TIL about a Swiss satellite designed to clean up some of the space debris that orbits the Earth as a result of sending objects in space. A "janitor satellite".