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Til that even though it's still illegal, the UK is the largest exporter of weed in the world.

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BggoW TIL that in South Korea, Spam is considered a luxury food and is often used as a gift.
AJld TIL the Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because “there was no suitable living candidate.” This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
YrDP TIL that in the 1400s, China owned the greatest seagoing fleet in the world. But by 1525, all of China’s “Treasure Fleet” ships had been destroyed at the urging of the political elite who had become alarmed at the rise of a newly rich merchant class.
6VWw TIL that if you bite into a Wint-O-Green Lifesaver in the dark you can see a spark. This is due to a phenomenon called ‘triboluminescence’
MeW0V TIL that an Aussie Prime Minister, who is presumed to have drowned back in 1967, has a swimming centre named in his honour