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TIL blowing a "raspberry" derives from the Cockney rhyming slang "raspberry tart" for "fart".

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VMWB0 TIL 15% (5.2 million acres) of land in England is unregistered. It has never been registered since the land hadn't been sold since before land registration became compulsory. Much of the land is owned by the Crown, the aristocracy, and the church.
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NXY5b TIL Carrot Top is the son of a NASA engineer
4XO9J TIL the British call sausages "bangers" because sausages had a habit of bursting (banging) open while cooking
7mr TIL on July 4, 1054, A supernova was seen by Chinese, Arab, and possibly Amerindian observers near the star Zeta Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula.