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TIL that the largest non-commercial rocket launch in Europe was undertaken by Top Gear while attempting to send a Reliant Robin to space

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EgE9V TIL of Udam Singh. When Michael O'Dwyer, the Governor of Punjab (British India) ordered the Jallianwala Bagh massacre against peaceful protestors which killed reportedly up to 1500, Udam got his revenge for India 21 years later when he travelled to London and assassinated Michael O'Dwyer
78wyb TIL that Gilbert Gottfried's sister was an award-winning street photographer.
Ld6P TIL the first telephone operators were boys. However, they quickly earned a reputation for being rude and abusive to callers. Young women were hired soon after as they didn’t swear as much (and were faster).
gx1b TIL that a giant, nine-foot crocodile likely ruled the Earth before the dinosaurs.
0Wr1 TIL that in 1964 three people that believed they were Jesus were forced to live with each other.