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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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d84nB TIL MI6 thought a report submitted by a false agent regarding the Iraqi Chemical Weapons Program was legitimate, until they realized it bore a striking resemblance to aspects of the movie "The Rock"
oBjGA TIL that California is named after a mythological queen who ruled over an island nation of black warrior women and fought with an army of trained griffins.
VBLxG TIL that in the first draft of The Shining, Jack beat Wendy to death with a roque mallet, but it was so terrible that Stephen King couldn't leave it that way
5VJnp TIL famed B-Movie director and cross-dresser Ed Wood served with the US Marines during WWII. He later said he feared being wounded more than killed as a combat medic would then discover him wearing a pink bra and panties under his uniform during the Battle of Tarawa.
BoDD TIL that “pig toilets” (combination toilets/feeding troughs) were once common in China and western India.