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TIL British Overseas Territories citizens are not allowed to live in the UK

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ypxv TIL there is a city named White Settlement in Texas in which voters rejected a name change to West Settlement 2,388 to 219 in 2005. Its mayors name? Ronald A. White
XE9AD TIL: Without Face/Off, Martin Scorsese wouldn’t have an Oscar. Andrew Lau was inspired by Face/Off, but wanted a more realistic approach, which led to him making Internal Affairs, the film that Scorsese remade as The Departed and won his first Oscar.
69ymZ TIL that mosquitos cannot withstand the smell of geraniol (from geranium) and linalool (from lavenders). When released into the air by perfume diffusers, geraniol repels 97% of mosquitos and linalool repels 93%.
X1dR TIL: Kinder Suprise carries $2500 posession fine per egg in US: Hotdogs are more dangerous…
e0O54 TIL a Venezuelan navy ship sank after trying to ram a cruise ship