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TIL that the American accent is actually closer to the English accent of Shakespeare than current British English

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Dkr TIL all U-Hauls are registered in Arizona because the state does not require vehicle safety inspections.
rRJZ1 TIL of Iron Age pigs, a cross between wild boar and domestic pig, first developed for a BBC documentary to mirror the type of pig represented by prehistoric art works of the Iron Age in ancient Europe. They are now raised for their meat with a distinctive gamey pork flavour.
WkJxN TIL the Toyota Land Cruiser originated after the Imperial Japanese Army captured an American Jeep during World War II and ordered Toyota to reverse-engineer it
LrBP TIL that the Bond character Pussy Galore was based on real life spy, Romanian born Pussy Deakin. Her husband was one of the last British heroes of WWII, and was knighted in 1975. She would have been called Lady ‘Pussy’ Deakin.
yVJ8a TIL about Li-Fi, a technology introduced in 2011 that uses visible light, ultraviolet light, and infrared light to deliver information in wireless networks similar to radio waves in Wi-Fi.