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TIL the BBC payed closely to 1.1 million pounds in restitution and 1.4 million pounds in donations, losing in the process the sole production of the Queen's Royal Christmas Message due to the famous Diana interview, which was obtained under "questionable means".

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7ZbM TIL dwarf mammoths, around 1m tall, lived on Crete 3 million years ago
yQrxv TIL that Robert Craig McNamara, the son of the former United States Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, is an organic walnut farmer, expert in soil and sustainable farming, and president of California's state Board of Food and Agriculture
dVpE TIL Teddy Roosevelt is the only person to have ever received both the Nobel Peace Prize and the Congressional Medal of Honor, the two highest nationally recognized honors for war and peace.
NXA1J TIL of Guðlaugur Friðþórsson, a fisherman who in 1984 survived 6 hours in 5 °C cold water after his ship sank and then trekked barefoot for 3 hours across lava fields before reaching safety. Despite only wearing shirt, sweater and jeans, he showed almost no symptoms of hypothermia or vasodilatation.
eoxD TIL the consumption of a fresh mango, 45 minutes before inhaling cannabis, will result in a faster onset of psycho activity and greater intensity due to the high β-Myrcene which is also found in cannabis.