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TIL there is a street in London where houses sell for an average of £65,000,000

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epKLn TIL it’s illegal for civilians to wear camouflage in 11 countries, including Jamaica, Barbados, and Zimbabwe, to prevent them from being mistaken for military personnel or law enforcement.
VMkZB TIL on two separate occasions, Lance Sergeant Johnson Beharry was leading a convoy of vehicles when his vehicle was hit by RPGs. On both occasions, his commander and others inside the vehicle were wounded. Both times he drove his burning vehicle out of the ambush, despite suffering head injuries.
OGM9a TIL that Ben S. Cauley, Jr. was the sole survivor of the plane crash that killed singer Otis Redding & 6 other people in 1967. Cauley took off his seat belt shortly before the crash. He managed to cling to a seat cushion for 20 minutes, until a rescue boat pulled him from the freezing lake waters.
nRoG TIL the state drink of Pennsylvania is milk and its state food is chocolate chip cookies
ODa6 TIL many countries pay prize money to their Olympic athletes for each type of medal won. USA pays $25,000 per gold medal while Kazakhstan pays $250,000.