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TIL that the Queen never gave a press interview, went to an election or publicly expressed a personal opinion.

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x6PKD TIL that the man who’s smacked his lips and said “Nice!” In the memes is named Micheal Rosen, and that his parents participated in the battle of Cable Street, protesting against Mosley.
N7Rk6 TIL that in 1859 a 2 hour telegraph conversation between Portland and Boston was able to be had without the use of any battery power. This was due to an aurora borealis generating enough electric current in the telegraph wires.
D1WYP TIL Apple Computer produced a home game console called the Pippin.
nerbr TIL of Aeroflot Flight 593 - a plane that crashed, causing the deaths of all on board, because the pilot let his kids fly it.
KLLJ TIL Dave Foley owes 400% of his income in child support, and cannot return to Canada without facing imprisonment.