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dDrJ7 TIL that it is not known exactly when the University of Oxford was founded
4XEx6 TIL In 1947, after the price of a chocolate bar increased from 5 cents to 8 cents, 200 kids marched and protested on the capitol building in British Columbia, shutting down the government for a day. It is known as " The Candy Bar Strike"
rQB1 TIL that the “Vern” in Ernest P. Worrell’s famous “Know what I mean, Vern?” catchphrase was supposed to be you, the viewer, in which case you were his neighbor, Vern.
j6oYM Today I learned the official HTTP error code 418 means the server is a teapot and it refuses to brew coffee.
dDk5j TIL the author of Mary Poppins (Pamela Lyndon Travers) adopted one of two twins and when the twins found out later in life, forbid them from meeting each other. Those twins later died from excessive alcoholism.