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TIL Jewish people were banned from England from 1290 to the 1650's

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5JyQ TIL the actor who plays the main sidekick of Dr Evil Random Task in Austin Powers is currently serving a life sentence for gang rape and torture
VLB8 TIL Washington State was once known as “Columbia”; which fully explains the naming of the Canadian province “British Columbia”
PYKbw TIL that, to save money on postage, some letter writers in the 19th century turned their paper 90 degrees to continue the correspondence. Examples are called crossed letters and the technique is called cross-hatching or cross-writing.
oRmaY TIL Everybody is allowed to do the Māori Haka dance, but only if done with respect.
VMA1m TIL director Peter Weir wanted to have cameras installed in behind every theater showing ‘The Truman Show’ and have the projectionist cut the power at some point during the film, cut to the viewers so they'd be watching themeselves, and then cut back to the movie.