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TIL that the UK armed forces have to be reauthorised by legislation every five years, because the UK Bill of Rights 1688 makes a standing army illegal without the consent of Parliament.

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6oQl TIL: That up until the early ‘90’s, Appliances sold in Britain were NOT required to have a plug on them. If you purchased a toaster, you were expected to buy a plug and wire it in.
01E1 TIL in Australia meter maids exist who feed the meter rather then issuing a ticket
R5797 TIL in 1956, a U-2 spy plane had an engine flameout over western Tennessee and was able to glide over 300 miles to land in Albuquerque New Mexico. Story on Page 90 of the PDF.
BrG8e TIL that the character of Captain Ron, played by Kurt Russell, in the 1992 comedy of the same name was based off a real Captain Ron and trip the screenplay writer took with his family from Florida to Texas in 1969.