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TIL the 'C E' mark (Conformité Européenne, which represents compliance with EU regulations and standards) and 'CE' (China Export, essentially meaningless) are confusingly similar.

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MAlb TIL that at its peak, the British Empire became the largest empire to have ever existed.
E1dbP TIL that your cousins’ children are your 1st cousins once removed, and that “once removed” simply refers to the one generation gap between you. Their children are thus your 1st cousins twice removed, etc.
N71BP TIL the last blood libel trial (prosecuting a Jew for supposedly slaughtering a Christian child to use their blood in a Jewish ritual) was held in Kiev in 1913. After spending two years in prison awaiting trial, the defendant Mendel Beilis was eventually acquitted.
yVJXM TIL that the concept of "phantom vibration syndrome" is when someone believes their phone is vibrating due to a notification, but it actually isn't. Studies suggest that this phenomenon is related to our brain's adaptation to constantly being in touch with technology.
Ga4g TIL: Stress makes people perform badly because it takes up space in the ‘working memory’ making less memory available for performing the task at hand