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TIL there is a small Antarctic island called Shagnasty Island, named after the blue-eyed shags the researchers found there.

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e0OO6 TIL Jim" Corbett fought Peter Courtney in 6 one-minute rounds at Thomas Edison's Black Maria studio. This small piece of Round 1 is all that remains and is the oldest surviving footage of a sport being filmed.also making this the first boxing knockout ever filmed
NyXb TIL that according to a study by the British Academy of Sound Therapy the song Weightless by Marconi Union is the most relaxing song ever
6E6bw TIL that there was a 'British Hitler' in the 20s/30s. Sir Oswald Mosley is a virulent anti-Semitic fascist leader who was on friendly terms with Mussolini. Hitler was a guest of honour at his second wedding that was held in Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels' house.
V6wB TIL that during a UK National Election, British media coverage is ‘restricted to uncontroversial factual accounts, such as the appearance of politicians at polling stations or the weather’
VMaJk TIL the CIA ran Project Fat Fucker in 1952, which resulted in the overthrow of the Egyptian government