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TIL: One Third of all the Australian states are named after Queen Victoria. 2/6 Victoria & Queensland

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GAkW4 TIL: The last official use of a Guillotine was in 1977
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6EwwY Today I learned that the final words of King George VI were “God Damn You”, said to the nurse who had administered him a sedative.
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oB958 TIL that the modern shipping container's invention is owed to Malcom McLean, a former truck driver who saw a need to ship goods in a more innovative way. By taking a truck trailer's box and inventing a system revolved around getting it from port-to-port, the shipping container was born.