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TIL Jeremy Clarkson punched Piers Morgan in the face.

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4LAo TIL that pencils are yellow because, in the 1890’s, the world’s best pencil graphite came from China. In China, the color yellow is associated with royalty, so American pencil manufacturers started painting their pencils yellow to indicate they contained high-quality Chinese graphite.
781K7 TIL Russia has leased a 12-mile circle of Kazakhstan named Baikonur. Its purpose is for space operations.
Dw7e TIL Public Policy Polling conducted a poll in 2013 that found 27% of Americans thought hipsters should be assessed a special tax for being annoying
jNmN TIL when Emperor Hirohito broadcast his surrender order to the Japanese people on August 14, 1945, his subjects could not understand the obscure Royal dialect in which he spoke. An Army officer had to follow the Emperor’s statement with a translation.
neOWG TIL that our blood is red because it is rich in iron. Some animals have blue blood because it is rich in copper.