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TIL that horseback riding is known simply as horse riding in England.

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vPEQK TIL the 20th century saw a dramatic global literacy surge, largely due to a focus on basic education.
4r15 TIL John Adams, who would go on to become the second President, defended in court the soldiers who committed the Boston Massacre, earning acquittals for six of the eight.
78rGM TIL in the Electric Light Orchestra song, Standin' in the Rain, the string instruments at 1:07 are playing a staccato rhythm that spells out E-L-O in Morse code.
gMPMX TIL that in 1973, three NASA astronauts staged a strike in Space to protest grueling workloads. This caused astronauts now to have better working conditions and breaks between missions.
EgxP7 TIL In 2015, the UK government paid off its remaining debt of £1.9bn from World War One