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TIL that when Michael Foot was put in charge of a nuclear disarmament committee, The Times reportedly announced the news with the headline “Foot Heads Arms Body.”

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a4WN TIL that there’s a 307-mile highway in Italy that was started in the 60s, isn’t yet finished, what is finished is falling apart, received $471 million in EU grants but most of the money went to the Mafia.
wxRP TIL Octopuses have copper-based blood instead of iron-based blood, which is why their blood is blue rather than red
v18Qj TIL the trial for the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire cheating scandal (where the winner was accused of hearing answers from a series of coughs) had to be suspended due to a cough outbreak in the courtroom
Z844B TIL That Elton John once composed and performed a song on the spot on TV. The lyrics were taken from a user manual for an oven.
K1VG TIL After the Haitian Slave revolt, France demanded the newly independent country compensate former plantation owners who had lost their ‘property’ to the tune of $21 Billion (inflation adjusted)