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TIL that The Royal Philharmonic rarely allows full organ power, but it did for Aurora's The Seed, accompanied by Anna Lapwood.

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R7RB1 TIL that SAS veteran Bob Curry used a sledgehammer to break a window of the Iranian Embassy in 1980 after an explosive charge failed to go off. He then (with the help of his team) rescued 25 of the 26 hostages held in the building.
kOrGg TIL in ancient Hawaii it was forbidden for men to eat with women and women were not allowed to eat certain food. The taboo was broken in 1819 when King Kamehameha II had a dinner party with women. They named this festive dinner a Luau.
PY4wg TIL that San Bernardino County in California is the Biggest County in lower 48 States (plus Hawaii) of U.S.A. and is bigger than 9 States.
dnJB TIL the streets in Northeast Minneapolis were named after the U.S. presidents in order of their election to help new residents from Poland, Ukraine, Lebanon and Germany prepare for citizenship exams.
mJOx TIL that at the 1996 Apple World Wide Developer Conference, attendees were given Linux CDs by Apple