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TIL that Nice biscuits are actually pronounced "niece" biscuits, with the name likely based on the southern French city of Nice. Nice!

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W7rwN TIL that Lou Bega is from Munich, Germany.
WQQ9 TIL there’s a debt collection agency that helps you get a job, fixes your heating, and helps you pay your debt in a non-tyrannical way. “The number one problem we hear from customers is that they don’t have enough money to pay their bills.”
E1Xrw TIL China accounts for more than 60% of religiously unaffiliated people in the world
6E8Kl TIL Apple was fined $9 million in Australia because it misled hundreds of Australian customers by ‘bricking’ their iPhones in a software update and then denying them repairs. The customers were informed they were no longer entitled to a repair because they had used a third party to fix their devices
9PEM TIL Walter Reed earned 2 MDs before his 20th brithday. He joined the Army because no one took him seriously because of his youth.