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TIL that all British tanks are required to be outfitted with tea-making equipment

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l16G TIL a 1997 study on affirmative action showed that, controlling for grades and SAT scores, “Whites were three times, Hispanics six times, and blacks more than 15 times as likely to be accepted at a US university as Asian-Americans.”
6EgbX TIL that the Twinings Tea logo (created in 1787) is the world's oldest in continuous use.
e0rj4 TIL about Marmotini, or the Marmot tribe of squirrels, which include the American Groundhog, Chipmunks, Susliks, and the Prairie Dog.
Y5pr TIL in 2009 a pigeon named Winston raced Telkom, South Africa’s largest ISP, to see who could deliver 4GB of data to a location 60 miles away the fastest. By the time Winston arrived with the 4GB flash drive, Telkom had transmitted only 4% of the data.
yQPRJ TIL the average age of the signers of the American Declaration of Independence was 44. On the entire list of American Revolution participants, the youngest was Andrew Jackson, aged 9, and the oldest was Samuel Whittemore, 81 as of July 4, 1776. Eight were under 18 years of age.