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Today I learned the BBC runs a pidgin English news service.

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6KR7 TIL: There is a competitive sport called joggling that combines jogging and juggling
m10Oy TIL that the choir in the title sequence of Mr Bean is singing ‘Ecce homo qui est faba’, which translates to ‘Behold the man who is a bean.’ in Latin.
X0Z6Q TIL that in Chile there is a real town named "Peor es Nada" which translates to “Better than nothing” because the owner saw the place as a "dump" and exclaimed that it's better than nothing.
8g8K TIL Texas started a $10k degree initiave and now there are 12 schools offering degrees for $10k TOTAL and other states are following suit
PYDRL TIL that Washington’s first love was the wife of one of his best friends