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TIL Britain share of world trade was massively declining already before WW1 due to rise of US and Germany. By 1910, it was surpassed in industrial output by US and Germany with entire British Empire share only being 15% behind Germany 16% and US 35%.

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jN9ME TIL about Formula E, an electric car variant of Formula 1. The series includes an 'attack mode' boost to give the cars more power, aswell as 'fan boost' a social media vote which finishes after the first 15 minutes of a race to give the winners an extra power boost
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