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TIL in 2019, a UK government agency declared that anyone with at least 30,000 followers on social media is classified a 'celebrity' and can't breach advertising regulations.

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xV6A7 TIL CNN plan to play nearer my god to thee (titanic song) at the end of the world.
J16kV TIL that Mother’s Day in the USA is on a different day than Mother’s Day in the UK
PwnG TIL that Finnish people were believed to be able to control weather. This resulted in reluctance to accept Finnish Sailors aboard ships from the Vikings all the way until the 1900s.
78QMM TIL the average American will spend more than 12 full weeks of their life sitting in traffic. 42 hours per year x 48 working years = 12 weeks. (Plus traffic from your non-working years!)
9YbGD TIL: King George VI took six months to give up the title of Emperor of India from the date Great Britain relinquished power.