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TIL George Orwell provided the British state with a list of possible communists/subversives before he died in 1949

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wLod7 TIL that the 7-11 franchise in Japan was eventually able to buy out the entire brand due to its huge success in the country.
M7oQA TIL the most sadistic word in the English language: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
8aDYX TIL that 3% of all movies in the 1960s featureed quicksand
epPZL TIL You shouldn't use hot top water to drink or cook with, as it it much more likely to contain greater amounts of lead
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