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TIL Ex British PM Margaret Thatcher was such a big fan of a political sitcom Yes Minister that she participated in a sketch written by her starring the main characters.

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wLrM6 TIL Two infectious diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.
R76Na TIL White southerners began to panic when the great migration picked up, fearing labor shortages. Southern employers raised wages, newspapers were pressured to portray the lives of northern blacks negatively, and bus and train use was restricted.
wLQK6 TIL The gas bags inside hydrogen airships of the 1930s were made from the outer layer of a cow’s intestines. Joined together when wet, the living tissues grow together, creating an impermeable bond. The gas bags of the Graf Zeppelin were made from the guts of around half a million cows.
oBvE7 TIL in Louisiana, a jury can convict a murder suspect with a 10-2 vote.
Y7DRr TIL Dubai forms a rare physical link to a legacy of Christianity, which is thought to have spread across the peninsula from 50 to 350 CE following trade routes. Certainly, by the fifth century, Oman had a bishop named John.