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TIL that Electric Avenue was a serious song about broken dreams, inequality, and the 1981 riots in Brixton, UK; and not just a catchy tune from my youth.

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x6vyB TIL Cary Elwes, of Cary Elwes-fame, is the descendent of John Elwes, an eccentric miser and inspiration for Ebenezer Scrooge.
p8JWQ TIL Botulinum toxin, the toxin that Botox is derived from, would take 0.00008mg to kill a human, 2kg to kill everyone on the planet, considered the deadliest known toxin on earth, the most expensive substance ever made at £100 trillion per kilo and was first discovered in poorly prepared sausages.
8amXa TIL Actress Ruth Wilson’s grandfather, Alexander Wilson, was a serial bigamist, spy, and MI6 officer. She portrayed her own grandmother, Alison, in a three part drama series about the discovery of his parallel lives.
8epjZ TIL a Thai prime minister jumped off a sinking warship and swam to safety. In the Manhattan rebellion, the Navy took the PM hostage aboard a ship. The Air Force and Army were mobilized to put down the rebels. Fierce fighting ensued and the ship with the PM onboard sunk. This was 6 years after WW2.
0YMN TIL Hawaii’s Big Island is home to 11 of the world’s 13 climate zones.