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TIL that in 1792, 400,000 British people gave up sugar to boycott slavery when the UK population was at 6 million

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0wMoj TIL: CBS used to add bird songs to their golf broadcasts to get rid of awkward silences until they got caught by someone watching at home who knew the bird songs belonged to birds that didn’t live in the region in which the golf tournament was being played.
eYgb TIL that Rose Kennedy-The mother of John F. Kennedy, Outlived four of her children, her husband, 3 grandchildren, 3 son in laws, and Jacqueline Kennedy before dying at the age of 104.
v1GDB TIL Iran carries out more sex change operations than any other nation in the world except Thailand. This is because homosexuality is forbidden while being trans is officially recognized by the government and seen as a good solution to same sex attraction.
YgM7 TIL all prisoners in Norway have internet in their cells
Nmw6 TIL New College (f 1379) has a hall made with oak beams. A century ago it was found the beams were infested w/ beetles; Finding replacements would be difficult, however, in the 1300s New College had planted groves of oak trees w/ the sole purpose to replace the beams when they became full of beetles