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TIL: You can be elected to be a UK MP even if you do not hold British citizenship.

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8NDG TIL: The Third World was so named during the Cold War to describe countries not aligned with the US or USSR, and had nothing to do with poverty
dYBr TIL Jonah Hill was only paid 60k for The Wolf Of Wall Street due to “wanting the role so bad”.
l7oKr TIL there is another photo, taken at a different angle, of the same famous Victory Day kiss in Times Square; unlike the original, the other photograph was taken by a government photojournalist on official duty, and is thus in the public domain and not protected by copyright.
NXEOP TIL there are about 20 quadrillion ants on earth. Their total biomass outweighs that of mammals and birds, combined.
QNvDX TIL that Chinese takeaway crispy seaweed is actually spring greens