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TIL that the Northern English town of Barrow-in-Furness once had the largest steelworks in the world

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AnOB TIL India has the largest government midday meal program in the world, feeding 120 million students per day for free.
LQO4v TIL that in the UK the Television Network have to work together with the Power Authority to make sure the power grid can handle the sudden influx of electricity demand during commercial breaks because people use these breaks to make tea
xV7M7 TIL Alaric, who became King of the Visigoths and sacked Rome in 410 CE, was conscripted as a Roman soldier earlier in his life. While fighting in the Alpine passes, he likely learned the weaknesses of Rome's natural defenses.
8e1JG TIL that the longest supported Windows version was Windows 1.0. It was released on November 20, 1985 and support ended 16 years later on December 31, 2001.
6ENGl TIL of Paul Alexander, one of the last few Polio survivors. He's confined to an Iron Lung and paralyzed from the neck down, yet managed to graduate from law school and wrote his memoir using only his mouth.