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TIL that Monaco laws forbid citizens from setting foot inside the country's luxurious casinos

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KOdkE TIL that not only was King Richard III found buried under a city car park, but coincidentally was almost directly under a large painted "R" for Reserved
61QY TIL Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson once published his bank details in a national newspaper to prove it was safe. Later a large donation was made to animal charity in his name.
aPMA TIL Scientists developed a brain-computer interface that allow paralyzed patients to surf the web with just their thoughts
P1x9O TIL : Concorde airplane flew so fast, if you left London (or Paris) in the evening flying west towards New York, to the passengers in the plane, the sun would actually appear to begin rising again shortly after reaching cruising speed. The plane flew faster than the Earth's rotation.
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