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TIL that all financial interests (including gifts and donations) for UK Members of Parliament are recorded and open to the public along with the person or business making the donation.

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KYYg6 TIL that Weird Al's song White & Nerdy is his first and only song to reach the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #9 in 2006, nearly 30 years after his first album was released.
b9XrN TIL that the Greenland shark has extremely toxic meat. If the meat is eaten without being treated, the effects on the body are very similar to drunkenness.
9YeZp TIL Artificial sweeteners make our brains crave more real sugar, as there is no caloric reward from sugar substitutes. Diet soda drinkers are twice as likely to become obese, over those who don't drink diet soda.
v1BbL TIL Mt. Everest is actually not the tallest mountain on Earth, instead it has the tallest elevation or highest point above sea level. Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the actual tallest mountain, however most of it is underwater so it is often discredited.
9Y8Km TIL during the 1930s as German anti-Semitism increased, there was a proposed plan to establish a Jewish colony 80% the size of modern Israel in outback Australia.