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TIL The British pound is the world’s oldest currency still in use - it is 1200 years old.

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VMr0 TIL - if you have an Irish born Grandparent you can attend University in Scotland for free due to European Union rules.
j6oyj TIL Hydrogen-alpha solar telescopes work thanks to an optical device called an etalon, made up of two semi-reflective, optically flat plates. The flatness of the plates and how parallel they are defines the quality of the view of the Sun, which has an ‘orange peel’ appearance through the telescope
wR7 TIL that US presidents must pay for food in The White House
VMN0p TIL that Tim Burton made a tribute short stop-motion film for my distant ancestor Vincent Price, who also narrated it.
OG7oX TIL in 2014 a woman on an Icelandic bus tour left the group to go change clothes. When she returned she helped look for a missing woman. Eventually the searching woman realized it was her they were looking for. She wasn’t recognized in her new outfit, leading to the search.