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TIL- that Scotland’s national animal is a Unicorn

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WkL14 TIL a man was sentenced to prison for ten years for being the first person to stop applauding a speech made by Joseph Stalin; after a staggering 11 minutes.
nXX7 TIL the world’s oldest choir, in Germany, has survived the Thirty Years War, the plague, and both the Nazi and Communist regimes to mark their 801st anniversary this year.
lWBB TIL A plot to detonate a car bomb in Central London was foiled after one of the cars involved was towed for being parked illegally.
BKwy TIL that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints purchased advertisements in many playbills for the musical “The Book of Mormon”, with phrases like “The book is always better” and “you’ve seen the play, now read the book.”
6EWnl TIL It was feared Mike Tyson would forget chroeography and injure Donnie Yen during the filming of Ip Man 3 but ultimately, Yen accidentally fractured Tysons finger by blocking punches with his elbow