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TIL a registry system in post-war England allowed clowns to copyright their makeup designs against imitators by painting them onto eggs.

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wLRZ7 TIL that pterodactyls are not dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are members of the group Dinosauria which pterodactyls are not. Pterodactyls belong to the group Pterosauria.
4nyR TIL Stephen Fry claims the UK record for saying ‘fuck’ on television most times in one live broadcast.
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