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TIL: Hawaii is in Oceania not North America

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V0A0 TIL the same castle in Scotland was used as Winterfell and throughout Monty Python and the Holy Grail
WkMyo Today I Learned that Daylight Savings Time was first proposed by a man who, as he studied bugs after his shift-work job, wanted more daylight after work.
b6XY7 TIL Scottish/Canadian man Angus MacAskill is thought to be the tallest "true" giant (not abnormal height due to a pathological condition) in history. He stood 7'9" tall, had an 80" chest (also a record) 44" shoulders and weighed 510lbs.
LQVod TIL that the 1963 hit song "I Will Follow Him" was recorded by fourteen-year-old Peggy March. She had just turned fifteen when it went to #1 on the Billboard chart. Peggy still holds the record for the youngest female artist with a #1 Billboard hit.
rMGo TIL Russia has launched a campaign on ‘selfie safety’, following a spate of selfie-related accidents, among which included two men killed by a live grenade they were posing with.