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TIL that its not safe to work on a computer during a thunderstorm unless it is wireless

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mD4M TIL The Canadian government put more than 6 million dollars into the show ‘Vikings’
nWad9 TIL after the beheading of Charles I in 1649 England became a republic. His son, Charles II, was crowned king by the Scots but he was exiled to France for his safety. He was invited to London in 1660 and restored his father's throne.
VJb4 TIL that when Australia stopped using the pound as it’s currency, some suggested names for the the new currency were the austral, the oz, the boomer, the roo, the kanga, the emu, the digger, the Quid, the dinkum and the Ming before the government ultimately settled on the Australian dollar.
b9QNN TIL in 1862 a man was tried and executed for being a slave trader.
Y7vaA TIL that the Spanish governor in Portugal was thrown out of a window, thus ending Spanish rule in Portugal in 1640.