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TIL that in 1942 the song "Deep in the Heart of Texas" was banned by BBC during working hours on the grounds that its infectious melody might cause wartime factory-hands to neglect their tools while they clapped in time with the song.

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Wk7g9 TIL contrary to his portrayal in Goldeneye 64, in the novel of Goldfinger, Oddjob was 6'6 (~2 metres) tall.
ROR1 TIL of January Schofield, who knew the alphabet when she was 13 months old, spoke full sentences at a 1-½ years and was tested with a 146 IQ by the age of four. She was also suffering from hallucinations, incredibly violent and diagnosed with child-onset schizophrenia
epD1k TIL that King's School, Canterbury, is Britain's oldest public school; and is arguably the oldest continuously operating school in the world, since education on the Abbey and Cathedral grounds has been uninterrupted since AD 597.
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