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TIL any citizen of a Commonwealth nation can seek consular assistance at the British Embassy, and even be granted a British Emergency Passport

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G9nJ TIL that crossing your fingers for luck is actually a Christian symbol for invoking protection by emulating the shape of a cross.
7Pdr TIL: The US has made 20,000,000 people homeless in Indochina and Iraq
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