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TIL in 2007 listeners of BBC Radio 2 ranked Queen as the ‘top British band’ of all time, better than The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and The Rolling Stones

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mxwXp TIL that in UK sign language, the sign for Scotland is bagpipes, which is a sound a deaf person wouldn't hear. I got this because I watched a briefing from 10 Downing Street.
woVn1 TIL: In 2022, the debut studio album by American hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), was added to the American National Recording Registry
XElw6 TIL that anatomically dogs have two arms and two legs - not four legs; the front legs (arms) have wrist joints and are connected to the skeleton by muscle and the back legs have hip joints and knee caps.
lDRA TIL higher intelligence is linked with higher rates of mental illness such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, causing the “mad scientist” stereotype to have ground in reality.
VgE8 TIL that not only can Brazilian prisoners take time off their sentences by writing book reports, but also by riding exercise bicycles that helps power the local plaza. (16 hours of biking = 1 day removed from sentence)