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TIL That Earth’s protective shield, protecting it from solar flares has a dent in developing for the past 200 years and is splitting it into two

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W7EwN TIL about the Aldgate Pump in London, a drinking fountain responsible for the death of hundreds when its water became contaminated by running through nearby graveyards.
e0w6J TIL that before 2017 the highest timed speed on a public road was set in 1938 by a Mercedes-Benz, reaching a speed of 433 km/h.
mxNwY TIL "The english rule" is that the loser in a lawsuit pays the winners legal fees. This is designed to prevent frivolous lawsuits.Nearly every Western democracy other than the United States follows the English rule.
PYpNG TIL The pike with cars impaled on it (as seen in the Bohemian Rhapsody scene in Wayne's World) was a controversial art installation titled Spindle. It was demolished in 2008.
ojN7 TIL that the BBC regularly rehearses the Queen’s death in order to make sure that their coverage of it goes without a hitch when she does die.