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6VgZ TIL that there are more people on Facebook than there were people in the world 200 years ago.
7rBVx TIL Her Majesty the Queen opened the London 2012 Olympics in a spoof video whereby James Bond escorted her to the venue via helicopter, which they both parachuted out from with Union Jack parachutes
KBD6 TIL; there was a natural dam made of ice between England and France during the ice age which broke and created an enormous flood; forming the English Channel.
ADRgx TIL the tank battle for Stonne village that changed hands 17 times between 15 and 17 May 1940. IIIrd Reich officers considered it as their "Verdun of 1940". A German officer later said: “There are 3 battles that I can never forget: Stonne, Stalingrad, and Monte Cassino."
wLJkJ TIL the spices mace and nutmeg are produced by the same plant