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TIL that squatters on a street in West London declared independence from the UK in 1977.

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DA6J TIL that Antarctica has as much ice as the Atlantic Ocean has water.
47e5 TIL that coprolalia – the involuntary uttering of obscene words in inappropriate situations sometimes found in people with Tourette’s – has been observed in some deaf people, who involuntarily swear in sign language.
KYYGw TIL that Japanese Casette Tape manufacturers adviced to use an ordinary pencil to wind the tape if necessary. But they never checked if pencils in other parts of the world where of the same thickness. They are not.
wojLW TIL that early versions of Sudoku started appearing in French newspapers in the late 19th century, with the paper La France’s version called the “diabolical magic square”
jN48M TIL The World's Oldest Complete and surviving Book Was found In Bulgaria and its +2.600 years old