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TIL Queen’s guitarist, Brian May, has a PhD in Astrophysics.

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gM4WA TIL in Luxembourg, for the first 4 years of school, Luxembourgish is the medium of instruction, before giving way to German, which in turn gives way to French. Similarly, in the pаrliament, debates are conducted in Luxembourgish, legislation is drafted in German, and the statute laws are in French
R75P6 TIL of Adrian Carton de Wiart a British Officer who served in 3 wars; was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip and ear; survived 2 plane crashes; tunneled out of a POW camp; tore off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them. He wrote in WW1 "Frankly I had enjoyed the war."
R8y6 TIL The City of London, with a population of just over 7,000 residents, is one of the smallest cities in the U.K. The administrative district of Greater London, while technically not a city, is home to 8.3 million residents and is large enough to fit over 4 New Yorks and almost 50 Paris’s.
kJbWE TIL that photographing objects can impair memory. People who snapped photos remembered fewer items and details than those who just looked.
BQxL TIL: Certain ticks can transmit a meat allergy to humans which causes the person to develop hives whenever they eat meat