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TIL That Britain has an official Egg Verification System, where every egg sold in the UK can be checked against.

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GAKwN TIL In Scotland in 1637, Jenny Geddes threw a chair at a minister who was reading from the Book of Common Prayer. This sparked a riot that ultimately caused the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, including the English Civil War.
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