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TIL some Nigerians are paying to learn how to speak in a British accent.

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8akBb TIL the US Army experimented with using "platoons" of geese to guard sites run by the 32nd Air Defense Command
R7P14 TIL in 72, after Led Zeppelin had released 4 platinum albums, a festival mgr. wrote manager Peter Grant requesting a booking of "Led Zeppelin and his backing group." Grant replied by taking out a full page ad in a music industry publication in the form of a letter captioned, "Mr. Zeppelin regrets."
e0PG5 TIL Transatlantic aviators refer to the longitude of 30W as the Molson-Guinness Line because that is where aircraft move from the Irish to the Canadian air traffic system and vice versa, Molson being a Canadian beer and Guinness being an Irish one. It is even marked on charts.
woYyM TIL Terry Jones said of fellow Monty Python member Graham Chapman's death on the eve of the group's 20th anniversary, it was "the worst case of party-pooping in all history."
OGeNX TIL Harvested Mushrooms Placed in Sunlight or Under a UV Lamp Produce Vitamin D2 in 15 Minutes!