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TIL: In 1290 jews were banned from England for 300 years and before that were required to wear a marking that they were jewish.

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WkyVN TIL that cows were used for radiation testing of early cell phones. Farmers were paid to have high-powered phones strapped to their cows head 24/7. A single engineer worked full time to chase the cows and change the batteries.
nWNX7 TIL that the world's largest collection of flutes (yes, the musical instrument) is held by the US Library of Congress.
jNa6a TIL there are children in Kosovo named "Tonibler", named after Tony Blair for his support of the 1999 NATO bombing in Yugoslavia.
jN0Xn TIL that 3 weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Imperial Navy had submarines off the coast of San Francisco ready for a Christmas Day attack on the Golden Gate Bridge. One single torpedo was fired and was found buried on Marshall Beach next to the bridge in 1946
loD97 TIL the Inland Taipan is "by far the most toxic of any snake" - one dose of it's venom "possesses enough lethality to kill at least 100 fully grown men."