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TIL that calling 999 from an Android device texts the emergency services with your location data

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oRKxR TIL that 18-year-old Humphrey Bogart joined the Navy during WWI because he had no viable career options.
9a6G TIL when drug lord Pablo Escobar’s personal zoo was left abandoned after his death, four hippos escaped into the wilds of Colombia; their numbers have since grown to around 40.
MeaX7 TIL the last time the British Empire expanded was 1955, when they annexed a tiny rock 300km off the Scottish coast to prevent the Soviets spying on their ballistic missile tests.
R7ev9 TIL that despite being one of the most popular musicians of the modern era, Bruce Springsteen has never had an Number 1 record in America
kJaxB TIL that one of George Washington’s generals and the “founder of the US Army” was openly gay.