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TIL that it is tradition for the newly-elected Speaker of the House of Commons to be ceremoniously "dragged" to his seat by other Members of Parliament.

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X0rGj TIL that the Isles of Scilly and the Netherlands were in a bloodless war for 335 years, which officially ended in 1986
e0oKJ TIL that there is a tree called the Idiot Fruit tree (Idiospermum australiense) which only occurs in Australia’s Daintree rainforest. It is also known as the green dinosaur due to it dating back over 100 million years.
W7Ydd TIL: A 104-year-old British biscuit that explorer Ernest Shackleton gave to a starving companion sold at auction for £1,250. Years before, a biscuit from another Shackleton expedition sold for £7,637, even though just several crumbs remained.
l7505 TIL AA is more effective for becoming and maintaining sobriety than other interventions or no intervention at all
KYjl4 TIL that the LCVP landing craft, famously used in the D-Day landings, was made out of plywood. It was originally designed as swamp boat for trappers, oil drillers and (allegedly) liquor smugglers.