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TIL there are dozens of diggers buried under luxury homes in London because it is cheaper to leave them there than to get them out and sell them on.

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nAm7 TIL When asked why he’d punched the man who’d hit him with a raw egg, UK politician John Prescott said that he was following Tony Blair’s orders to, “Connect with the electorate.”
Y6QA TIL that Mongols were actually outnumbered in most of their victories in battles. But they still managed to deceive their enemies by elaborate ruses - like mounting dummies atop horses, and tying sticks to the horses’ tails to create dust storms.
J571 TIL Author Joe Hill was so determined to keep it a secret that he was Stephen King’s son, his own agent didn’t know for 10 years.
d7Yr TIL a writer tested how hard it was for unknowns to get published by querying the National Book Award winning novel “Steps”. All thirteen agents and fourteen publishers rejected it, including Random House, which had published the book but didn’t recognize it.
np9r TIL: Some police Unions have negotiated the right to work half-drunk without fear of disciplinary action.