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TIL that the person who directed all those emotional John Lewis Christmas adverts also directed this.

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VMN60 TIL: That Mount Vernon the family home of George Washington, the first President of the United States, has always been open to the public. A tradition started by George Washington himself in the 1700s.
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dQKE TIL with only 40 digits of PI, you could calculate the circumference of the entire universe to within a single hydrogen atom.
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