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TIL that in the UK: public schools are private with difficult entry requirements, and private schools are the ones that are free and open to the public

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dDM4E TIL that in 2012, the National Reconnaissance Organization (NRO) gifted NASA two space telescopes with capabilities exceeding that of the Hubble telescope. For example, the telescopes have shorter focal lengths, which in turn gives them a field of view that is 100x larger than Hubble.
xV9xo TIL Mel Gibson had no idea how to do a Scottish accent for Braveheart so he had dinner in Sean Connery's home and learned from the master
0d1BN TIL Bangladesh is the most populous country never to have won an Olympic medal
v1MxL TIL Timothy Dalton was first approached to play James Bond n 1967, but felt he was far too young at only 21 years old, and, more importantly, didn’t want to be the first actor to follow Sean Connery. He was again asked in 1979, but did not like the direction the series had been going in at the time
Egx0 TIL that Mr. T’s real name is “Laurence Tureaud”