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TIL: In 1914 The Suffragettes tried to blow up the Coronation Chair

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jNwmR TIL 67% of millennials see their pet as part of the family and refer to them as a "fur baby." They would like to take leave from work to care for a new pet if their employer offered it. Millennial dog owners spend an average of $1,285 per year on their pet.
PY16L TIL that "the Winchester – Shaun of the Dead" received 10,000 votes for a Lego project but Lego decided that "This is the first time we’ve felt that we should turn a LEGO CUUSOO idea down"
Jlvl TIL there are dozens of diggers buried under luxury homes in London because it is cheaper to leave them there than to get them out and sell them on.
v1977 TIL if you want to name your child something that has never been used before in Iceland. You’ll have to go through the committee.
W7694 TIL Around 1550 BC, the Ebers Papyrus was the first document to recognize many diseases such as cancer that are still uncured 3,500 years later.