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TIL Justin Berfield, best known for playing Reese in “Malcolm In The Middle”, has won every acting award he has ever been nominated for (9).

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g76L TIL in the early 1980s, a British MP made serious allegations of paedophilia in the British Political classes and the dossier was “lost” by the Government.
gMN9y TIL the Saudi Government hired multiple American PR firms to counter criticism towards the government's mass arrests, assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, forced evictions on Howeitat tribal land, and their NEOM City Project
Xx6k TIL: One man is largely responsible for the complete ban on advertising billboards in the US state of Vermont
Lk8BZ TIL The United States Supreme Court has declared tomatoes are legally vegetables, not fruit. (Nix v. Hedden, 1893)
nWxwo TIL Arabic numbers have only existed in their present form since about the 10th century. Only a few texts using Arabic numerals appeared outside of Italy until the late 15th century. It wasn't until the mid-16th century that Arabic numbers were in common use in most of Europe