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TIL that the average British tea drinker will spend $20 000 on it in their life

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QNZW9 TIL that an American woman has served as the president of a country. Janet Jagan was a Chicago-born politician who served as the President of Guyana for almost 20 months.
69WwX TIL During Wimbledon, more than 38.4 tons of strawberries (1.92 million strawberries to be precise) and 445kg of raspberries are picked and consumed during the 2 week tournament.
mx5jp TIL that lemons, limes and most of the other citrus fruits we eat do not occur naturally in the wild - they are the result of generations of interbreeding between various combinations of the four "original" citrus fruits
9wxvm TIL Musician Harry Nilsson, whose work took him away from home often, let friends and fellow musicians stay at his London apartment while he was on the road. Cass Elliott of The Mamas & The Papas died there on July 29, 1974. Four years later Keith Moon of The Who would die in the very same room.
GYNnE TIL bed headboards were first used to keep sleepers warm and were constructed to create space from the wall to allow falling colder air to sink to the floor rather than onto the bed.