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TIL: The rock band Supertramp is part of a 911 conspiracy. Pic in comment.

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LkvV9 TIL - only three women have appeared on UK Bank Notes (excluding the Queen) - Florence Nightingale £10.00 (1975), Elizabeth Fry £5.00 (2002) & Jane Austen £10.00 (2017). Twleve men have appeared by contrast.
Yp0k7 TIL: ‘Arabic’ numerals are actually Indian. They’re called Arabic numerals because Arab traders introduced them, not because Arabs invented them.
lox9a TIL Comedian Rebel Wilson has a law degree from UNSW and scored in the 99.7 percentile for her university entrance exams. She once considered becoming a mathematician.
oBVWA TIL the organizers of the 2012 Olympics asked The Who's manager about the possibility of drummer Keith Moon playing at the event. The manager replied that Moon was residing at the Golders Green crematorium, having lived up to the line "I hope I die before I get old". Keith Moon died in 1978.
9wlPM TIL about Mark Twain’s proposed Philippines flag during U.S. territorial expansion: an altered U.S. Flag with black stripes instead of white and skull and crossbones instead of stars.