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TIL that the Queen of England is the only person to have ever eaten British Chocolate ???? In 1932 a factory in York tried growing cacao plants in the inhospitable British weather, but harvested only enough for one small bar, which they presented to Elizabeth II.

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xDgw TIL in 1990, during an exchange of punches in a wrestling match between Vader and Stan Hansen, Stan poked Vader’s right eye, which caused it to pop out of its socket. After pushing the eye back into its socket and holding it in place with his eyelid, Vader continued until the match was called off.
4XN7J TIL the National Trust implores us to stop urinating in a toilet, in order to save the water used in flushing, and instead wee onto compost heaps, which speeds up the chemical process of decomposition, making it a better fertiliser to grow vegetables and save even more energy in reducing food miles.
rR1Zd TIL that Danes are allowed to hit with a stick any swedes that try to cross the Øresund strait when the strait is frozen over
0lRp TIL the style of Kung Fu practiced by Bruce Lee, Wing Chun, was actually invented for women by a woman. It features a narrower stance than other martial arts, focuses on speed and agility instead of strength, and confrontations where the attacker is very close
NM0E TIL Pablo Escobar had more illegal money than they could deposit in the banks, storing it in warehouses he annually wrote off 10% as ‘spoilage’ when rats crept in at night and nibbled on the hundred dollar bills