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TIL People who hang out watching canal traffic are called Gongoozlers.

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XEkGE TIL Daniel Radcliffe earned £1 million for the 1st Harry Potter film and around £15 million for the 6th
N7GeP TIL of J.I. Rodale, an early supporter of organic eating and farming. While on the Dick Cavett show, at the age of 72, Rodale said "I've never felt better in my life" and "I'm going to live to be 100..." Minutes later Rodale died on the couch while the next guest was being interviewed by Cavett.
ZpY8a TIL Frogs can’t vomit. If it eats something bad, it throw out its entire stomach. This is called full gastric eversion. The frog then wipes the stomach hanging out of its mouth with its front feet to remove any stray bits. Then it packs the whole thing back into its body.
RpGj TIL that a Russian family took a few possessions/seeds, fled into the forest as political refugees and were cut off from all human contact for 40 years until they were discovered by a group of geologists who accidentally saw their settlement from a helicopter.
XEG5D TIL of the usage "Bob's your uncle" meaning "and there you have it". In 1887, the UK Prime Minister Robert "Bob" Cecil appointed his nephew, Arthur Balfour as Chief Secretary for Ireland. Whatever other qualifications Balfour might have had, "Bob's your uncle" was seen as the conclusive one.