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TIL Half of England is owned by less than 1% of the population

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8eJgV TIL of the Arkadiko Bridge, the oldest crossable bridge in Europe, dated to Mycenaean Period (c.1300-1190 BCE)
pY8Bp TIL In a UK survey, 35% of adults couldn’t calculate the mode, 31% the median, 28% the mean and 27% the area of a circle.
QJNYk TIL That the world's oldest university still in operation was founded by a Muslim woman in 859 AD
8OkZ TIL the word ‘Retarded’ was once championed to more accurately describe the (now dubbed) intellectually disabled , and replace its then synonyms, which had all become colloquialisms for being stupid; but today it’s considered offensive after having fallen prey to the same fate.
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