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TIL that Britain has been in conflicts continuously for 101 years

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MPY7 TIL At age 12 and 13, Curtis Jones and his sister, apparent victims of sexual abuse, killed one of their alleged victimizers. Child welfare knew of the abuse, but did nothing. After the murder, the state charged them as adults. Instead of getting help, they got 18 years in prison.
p8WRN TIL: Breakfast being “the most important meal of the day” originated in a 1944 marketing campaign launched by General Foods, the manufacturer of Grape Nuts, to sell more cereal. During the campaign, grocery stores and radio ads promoted the importance of breakfast.
W74k4 TIL The Soviet Union started digging the world's deepest borehole in 1979. It achieved a true vertical depth of 12,262 metres (7.619 mi) in 1989.
kO9g7 TIL there are only 15 people who have won an Oscar, Grammy, Tony and Emmy, including John Legend.
yQg8V TIL "killer bees" (real name: Africanized bees) are actually a man-made hybrid species created in 1957 when 26 swarms of them escaped quarantine