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TIL during WWII the British govt would issue city-wide blackouts to make it harder for the German’s to hit targets during night raids. Armed with new, secret radar technology, the British spread the myth that eating carrots improved eyesight to explain their newfound success in defending in the dark

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nYyb TIL Glenn Howerton from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia was born in Japan, and grew up in London and South Korea
Br9Ak TIL Victoria Coren Mitchell's fear-of-flying counsellor was killed in a plane crash
Y7XlA TIL: In2008 Charles III paid the £453 debt his name sake Charles II incured in 1651 for outfitting his army with uniforms
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xxeo TIL that in 1987, Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx suffered a heroin overdose that left him legally dead for two minutes. One of his paramedics, who was a Crüe fan, revived him with two shots of adrenaline. This is what motivated the song “Kickstart My Heart”.