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TIL The worlds largest cruise ship Wonder of the Seas is 35% longer and 127% wider than Titanic.

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6WAm TIL: The very first episode of South Park took 3 and a half months to complete on a budget of $300,000.
oRrMr TIL that after the St Scholastica Day riots in Oxford in 1355, an annual penance of one penny per scholar killed was imposed on the townsfolk. The practice was not dropped until 1825.
9aWX TIL that the author of The Anarchist Cookbook, William Powell, was just 19 when he wrote the book in 1969. He later disavowed the violent ideology that he advocated in the book and wished to have the book “quickly and quietly go out of print”. He passed away in July 2016.
d8rYK TIL that a team of thieves stole $18,000 worth of high-tech equipment from a warehouse. Unfortunately for them, about 100 GPS tracking devices were among the items taken, so they were tracked down within hours.
5VxQP TIL 12 year old girl Rebecca Downie designed Scotland’s cricket team jersey for 2021 ICC T20 World Cup.