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TIL that one town in Scotland celebrates Halloween on the last Friday of October instead of the 31st, since there’s no school or work (for most) the next day.

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GYDy1 TIL- Boredom is a state of stress
BmxD TIL that MIT students discovered that by buying $600,000 worth of lottery tickets in the Massachusetts’ Cash WinAll lottery they could get a 10-15% return on investment. Over 5 years, they managed to game $8 million out of the lottery through this method.
vmAj TIL In exchange for Pepsi products, Russia gave Pepsi 17 submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer. At the time, it was 7th largest submarine fleet in the world.
wNwY TIL that in 2006 a man armored a bulldozer with steel plates and concrete (making a tank), and destroyed half of Granby, Colorado
E4RP TIL Fewer than 49.9% of people in London are white.