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TIL that Harry Potter books were translated from British to American English.

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5YagD TIL about a meteor storm in 1833 that filled the sky with more than 72,000 meteors per hour
QJokL TIL that Sir Osbert Lancaster was an English cartoonist, architectural historian, stage designer and author.
loKBB TIL regular soap does not kill germs on your skin. It just makes your skin less adhesive so the germs and grime can be washed away.
8apN8 TIL Amelia Earhart was one of the first celebrities to found her own line of clothing and luggage, and was a major icon of women's fashion in the 1930s.
N75Qb TIL of the longest lasting construction project, the Corinth Canal. Dividing the Peloponnese peninsula and mainland Greece, it was first proposed as far back as the 7th century B.C.E., and was officially started by Nero in 67 C.E., but due to complications it was not finished until the 1890s.