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TIL Karl Marx’s grave has an entry fee

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6jEW TIL all British Army armored vehicles must have an electric kettle so the crew can brew tea without getting out. This rule was made after a WWII ambush, where a British tank squadron lost 29 vehicles to a surprise attack by four German tanks while the British crews were outside having morning tea
k5xB TIL that overall TV viewership declined by 50% since 2002
P1lbZ TIL that if you get both triple letters on one word in scrabble, you multiply the score for the word by 9, known as the triple-triple
neLpP TIL there is a theory that explains advertising wants, international conflicts, friendship and rivlary. Mimetic theory’s key insight is that human desire is not an autonomous process, but a collective one. We want things because other people want them.
p8JEp TIL of the 'Flogsta Scream'. Every evening at 10pm students in the town of Uppsala, Sweden, let out a collective scream as a response to the stress of university life.