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TIL: Town planning was an Olympic event up until 1948

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yVrOe TIL George Orwell's had a private marmelade recipe that he included in an essay on British food. The essay was rejected as inappropriate with Britain rationing food - but the editor still made sure to point out his recipes included too much water and sugar, even scribbling "Bad recipe!" on the draft
p0A8 TIL Weird Al Yankovic’s song “The Saga Begins”, which is about the plot of Star Wars Episode I, was mostly composed from internet spoilers before the movies release.
0wXop TIL the tallest living tree in the world is a redwood, named Hyperion, located in a secret and remote area of the Redwood National and State Parks. Measured at 155.5 m (379.1 ft) tall, it stands taller than Big Ben and the Statue of Liberty!
4kb0J TIL about the Cobra effect, referring to a time in the British Raj when people were offered a bounty for every dead cobra. Soon, ppl started breeding cobras for a reward which in turn forced the government to stop the rewards. In response, people released their captive cobras into the wild.
6PdZ TIL clockwise and counterclockwise were originally sunwise and widdershins before clocks were common