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TIL that there is no specific date for when the office of prime minister of the UK first appeared, as the role was not created but rather evolved over a period of time through a merger of duties.

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9wJ9G TIL in 2020, the movie Palm Springs broke the record for the highest sale of a film from the Sundance Festival by exactly $0.69
kJAWE TIL that 700.000 bikes were stolen in the Netherlands in one year, at a total financial damage of €404 million (2021).
8WMK TIL the Swedish word for ‘half-arsed’ or 'not entirely satisfactory’ —halvdan— literally means 'half Danish’
gV5X TIL the South Korean government is in the beginning stages of making insects a primary source of food
9Yvxr TIL that in 1943, Canada declared the maternity ward of Ottawa Civic Hospital extraterritorial. This was done so that the newborn Princess Margriet of the Netherlands would derive her Dutch citizenship from her mother. The royal family had fled to Canada three years prior due to the Nazi occupation.