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TIL former UK prime ministers can claim up to £115,000 a year for life.

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pjXN TIL Michael Phelps was once ranked No. 2 in his age class as a youth swimmer. The No. 1 swimmer was current NBA player Kris Humphries.
dBxQ TIL of the Scottish ‘Munchy Box’ a pizza box containing up to 3000 calories of chips, donner meat, fried chicken, onion rings, garlic bread, pizza, pakora, and more
BbZe TIL the voice of How It’s Made, Mark Tewksbury, was an Olympic swimmer who won gold in the 1992 Olympic backstroke.
bLbE TIL Namco copyrighted the right to have mini games during a video games loading screen. This patent expires this year (2015)
LkNKr TIL that there are as many as 800 languages spoken in New York City, making it the most linguistically diverse city on the planet, and nowhere in the world has more than Queens, according to the Endangered Language Alliance (ELA).