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TIL that Scottish banknotes are issued by 3 retail banks and they are not legal tender anywhere in the UK. Scottish bank notes are not legal tender even in Scotland, where, in law, no banknotes, even those issued by the Bank of England, are defined as legal tender.

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0drWL TIL Boong-Ga Boong-Ga, sometimes advertised in English as Spank 'em, is an arcade game developed in South Korea in 2001. It is the first arcade game to simulate kancho, which is a popular children's prank in Japan and Korea where the victim is poked with two fingers in the anus whilst distracted.
r0Q4 TIL Take This Lollipop is an interactive film which accesses viewer’s Facebook profile and locates the viewer’s home from data in profile. It depicts the dangers in posting too much personal info on the Internet. Information gathered is then deleted which makes the film different for each viewer.
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e5ab TIL The Apollo space suits were made by the bra company Playtex. After years of failures, they threw together a design in just 6 weeks and beat the aerospace companies. This was because one competitor’s design couldn’t fit through the door, and the other competitor had its suit helmet explode.