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TIL that it was not until March of this year that Great Britain finally paid off it’s last debt from World War 1.

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ANNll TIL that the Jamaican flag is currently the only national flag that does not contain a shade of the colours red, white, or blue.
VPGG TIL that Christopher Robin from Winnie the Pooh was based on the author’s son by the same name who later grew to despise his father for having “climbed on [his] infant shoulders and filched [him] of [his] good name,” through the works.
P17jw TIL that a US Vice-President wrote a pop song
dbMr TIL the secret service was created on April 14th, 1865 by Abraham Lincoln…the same day he was assassinated.
NXAd8 TIL Timbuktu is an ancient city in Mali, North Africa.