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TIL the chocolate candy "Smarties" in Europe/Canada is entirely different from the hard sugar candy "Smarties" in the USA

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Q7Wd TIL ~1 in 5 British children are conceived on Ikea mattresses
xVLrb TIL about Pedro Rodrigues Filho, the killer who only targetted at criminals and those had wronged him. He was sentenced 126 years imprisonment, but since he kept killing criminals during his time in prison, his sentences was raised to 400 years.
4jZN TIL that Anchorage, Alaska is roughly equidistant from New York, Tokyo, and Berlin and can reach 90% of the industrialized world by air in 9.5 hours or less. As such, its airport is the third busiest cargo hub in the world.
89GV TIL in 1978 author of a Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess, wrote ‘1985’ as a tribute to Orwell, in it he depicts the rise of Islam with London having a huge abundance Mosques.
QJOAL TIL due to Nazi bans on educating Polish children, an underground education system was created by the Secret Teaching Organization