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TIL Stilton blue cheese is known to frequently cause odd, vivid dreams

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wLlo TIL MP’s can’t resign from the House of Commons, they have to become Steward of a sunken mansion instead
bEmQ TIL people who speak English with an accent, but sing without one, are simply singing in a way that comes naturally, which also just so happens to be the core of what many people consider an “American” accent.
8aol8 TIL of a very convincing theory suggesting that declines in lead exposure and lead in gasoline among the public in the U.S. and elsewhere since the 1970s has correlated with pronounced wanes/decreases in violent crime since 1990.
DdZY TIL In 1912 three men set out to recover emperor penguin eggs from Antarctica. It was so cold one man’s teeth chattered so violently that they shattered. When he returned to the UK the National History Museum refused to accept the eggs.
RrKj TIL that, in 1986, US Congress passed a bill to impose sanctions against South Africa because of apartheid. Reagan vetoed it. But Congress overrode his veto. This foreign policy override was the first of its kind in the 20th century.