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TIL that from 2000 to 2020 the world’s wealth more than tripled, going from $440 trillion to $1,540 trillion.

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9Ydgm TIL that an earl of Oxford farted in presence of the Queen and left the country for 7 years because of it. When he returned, the Queen greeted him with "My Lord, I had forgot the Fart"
p8Zve TIL of Tim Macartney-Snape, one of the first mountaineers to climb Everest without oxygen. Afterwards someone said to him "You didn't climb Everest. You only climbed the top part." So he went down to the beach in India and re-did the whole thing.
mBeO TIL it is illegal to be homeless in the UK
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