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rNK51 TIL it was illegal to sell beef-on-the-bone in the UK between 1997 and 1999, in an attempt to limit the spread of mad cow disease
RNJ9 TIL the Irish Famine was effectively a genocide of the Irish people instigated by the British establishment. Even though the common Irish person was starving, tons of food were exported every day out of the country.
yePJ TIL that when Canada loses a soldier in Afghanistan, thousands of Canadians line the bridges along the Highway of Heroes in a show of compassion; hoping there won’t be a reason to return to the bridges again.
19GO TIL That orca whales will float on their sides at night and watch the Northern Lights.
k8pe TIL that in 2005 scientists planted a 2000 year old Judean Date Palm seed found in Harod the Great’s Palace. Its germination in 2006 revived the extinct species