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

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p8wwA TIL It took architect Christopher Wren 35 years to complete London's St. Paul's Cathedral. After he died twelve years later in 1723, he was entombed inside, and Wren's son placed a dedication nearby, which contains the words "Reader, if you seek his monument, look around you."
5VeRP TIL about Rob McKuen, the bestselling poet in American history who sold 60 million books and 100 million records but is all but forgotten today
R5LEQ TIL that the first known museum dates to circa 530 BC in the Neo-Babylonian Empire, and was an exhibit of artefacts from earlier Mesopotamian kingdoms. Its curator was Ennigaldi, the daughter of King Nabonidus (who has been called 'the first archeologist'.)
6E86w TIL of Mason McDeid who cried constantly from severe cerebral palsy issues; his father failed to comfort him with classical & new age music. Then he tried Metallica & the child stopped crying, fell asleep. Now in his 20s, unable to speak, Mason has had 100+ surgeries & attended 450+ metal concerts.
XbMR TIL the Scottish national animal is the unicorn because it was deemed the enemy of the lion - the English national animal.