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TIL that the United Nations officially use British English instead of American English

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wEeP TIL A child was born who was the nearest medical example of a virgin birth, most of his cells contained genetic material only from his mother
lowjV TIL of V Gordon Childe. Considered the most academically influential archaeologist of the 20th Century, Childe feared growing old so much that he threw himself off a cliff at the age of 65.
p8Vke TIL that some queen ants can live for almost 30 years while male ants live a little more than a week.
W7QwA TIL there is still a working cinema lit by gas. hyde park cinema, Leeds, uk
y75v TIL: In 2011, a pair of managers from Dominos set fire to a Papa Johns to boost their sales