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TIL Land of Westeros in Game of Thrones is United Kingdom on top of Ireland upside down.

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xKmw TIL at it’s top speed of 254 MPH, the Bugatti Veyron averages only 3 MPG.
jNKkX TIL that Sophie Turner adopted the dog named Lunni that played her character Sansa Stark's direwolf, Lady, after filming of Season 1 completed.
ANGBa TIL In 1954, the CIA ordered Carcano rifle ammo for anti-communist forces. The leftover ammo and rifles were re-imported and sold wholesale to the public, including to Lee Harvey Oswald, who used them to assassinate JFK.
GYGYJ TIL In 1988, an Aboriginal man named Burnum Burnum visited the white cliffs of Dover and ceremonially planted the Aboriginal flag there, claiming England for his people
dDxDj TIL a balcony collapsed in Berkey for 21st birthday party led to the deaths of 7 people, from Ireland or of Irish descent, with one dying 6.5 years later from a stroke related to the fall.