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TIL Handel, known for his oratorios in English and Hallelujah chorus, was never fluent in spoken or written English. Messiah contained many examples of awkward declamation which were later corrected

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7Jk7 TIL: Some cash machines in London have a Cockney language setting.
D1Qkr TIL of Edward Stuart Baker, a man who survived a panther attack by shoving his left arm down its throat. Despite losing his arm, he remained a formidable tennis player and even won a local tournament several years later.
4Xo7X TIL of the Deflategate scandal, where American footballer Tom Brady was accused of ordering the footballs to be deflated, resulting in him being suspended for four games.
NXynP TIL that the Bluetooth logo is a combination of two Viking-Era Younger Futhark runes that are analogous to the Latin letters “H” and “B”, initials of King Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson who united Norway and Denmark in 958 CE, and whose moniker is believed to come from the color of his dead tooth.
6kww TIL the head of the American Association of Feed Control Officials admitted that meat meal, used to make pet food, may contain the remains of euthanized shelter animals.