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TIL British minister Alan Clark once dismissed his colleague Michael Heseltine as the kind of person "who bought his own furniture" (as opposed to someone with 'breeding' who inherits furniture).

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XE6nX TIL that Canada is the most educated country in the world with 56.71% of adults meeting the OECD criteria (adult residents between ages 25 and 64 that have received a tertiary education: two-year or four-year degree or have received an education through a vocational program).
0wQNp TIL the fruit fly species drosophila bifurca’s sperm is 5.8cm long, over twenty times its body length
LdRr TIL Playboy Clubs tested their Bunnies on the policy of not dating customers by sending in men to ask them out. If a Bunny agreed to have coffee together, her photo would be posted on a bulletin board and be fined.
bA4 TIL that the real Zorro was an Irish genius who strangled himself at the stake before the fires could reach him.
N7y9b TIL that three suburban towns on eastern Long Island are seeing skyrocketing cancer rates. Meanwhile, breast cancer alone on all of Long Island is 13 to 18 times higher than the state average, and has been for decades.