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TIL The Knights Templar is still a surviving order in Portugal

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j80N TIL: In 1838, Missouri fought a war against Joseph Smith and the Mormons. The Mormons burned an entire county to the ground, and Missouri’s governor ordered the expulsion or genocide of all Mormons.
pRAA TIL The orange fruit was initially called a norange (from Arabic náranj), then the ‘n’ was dropped because people mistakenly thought the fruit was called 'an orange’. The linguistic change is called juncture loss.
xVag1 TIL Norway will allow any student from anywhere in the world to study at their public universities completely free of charge
e0Ymb TIL that a UK TV license costs £157.50. You get a 50% discount to £78.75 if you’re blind and have a colour TV, but a 66% discount to £53 if you’re fully sighted with a black and white TV.
wL1AP TIL that if the tense your legs very hard when you stand up after sitting for a while, you won’t become dizzy or lightheaded