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TIL: London has the most foreign-born people of any city in the world at 40%

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6E6bw TIL that there was a 'British Hitler' in the 20s/30s. Sir Oswald Mosley is a virulent anti-Semitic fascist leader who was on friendly terms with Mussolini. Hitler was a guest of honour at his second wedding that was held in Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels' house.
Wk1nd TIL about the world’s loneliest whale, a whale that sings at a 52-hertz frequency not shared by any other whale on earth, and which doesn’t follow the known migration pattern of any other baleen whales
jNeJv TIL a blood donor will lose around 650 calories by donating 1 pint of blood. That 1 pint of blood could save up to 3 lives.
5YNyP TIL That in 1919, during a baseball game, the pitcher (Ray Caldwell) was struck by a bolt of lightning. He stayed in to throw the complete game.
mpGM TIL Herodotus wrote about fuzzy, dog sized ants living in India which dug up gold to build ant hills. For centuries, people assumed it was made up. In the 1990s, scientist discovered a fuzzy marmot living in India that digs up gold whenever it burrows.