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

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edAk TIL The Museum of Endangered Sounds exists to allow streaming of once popular technological sounds. ie. the dial-up tone, ICQ chat tone, Windows 95 startup
Bbgb TIL that Liam Neeson didn’t read the script for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace before signing on. He reportedly disliked working on it once production had started.
Zw5v TIL In Illinois, the legal definition of “candy” is specifically tied into the absence of flour. Whoppers contain flour and are taxed 5% less as a regular food item
Kg7a Today I learned movie trailers used to come after the movie - “trailed” the movie but no one would stay after the film to watch them.
OoJZ1 TIL of Neerja Bhanot - a stewardess on hijacked Pan Am flight 73. She hid the passports of American passengers to protect them. Hijackers shot passengers killing 22 and wounding 150. Bhanot was posthumously awarded medals of bravery by India, Pakistan, and the US.