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TIL that the British Library has been crippled since last October by a cyberattack and it’s digital collections and services are still offline

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D14xe TIL on September 12th 2001, the day after 9/11, The Queen had the Royal Guards break protocol and play the United State's National Anthem for the Americans stranded in London
v1anL TIL that Dr. Fe Del Mundo, the first woman to be admitted to Harvard Medical School and inventor of an incubator made of bamboo, sold her house to create the Philippines' first pediatric hospital and continued making her hospital rounds until she was 99 years old.
01e5 TIL That you don’t really need to brush twice a day AFTER meals. Brushing is really just about cleaning the plaque which houses microbes on your teeth. It’s better to clear the plaque before meals so that your meals don’t feed the plaque which feeds the teeth-damaging microbes.
ppkA TIL castration of the male testicles can cause an increase in life expectancy by an average of 14-19 years.
neZMG TIL that it's been illegal to import haggis to the US since 1971 because it contains lung, which is banned due to the risk of contamination by stomach acid or phlegm during slaughter. All US haggis is produced in the country, minus the lung (and traditional stomach bag).