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TIL that in the UK, you cannot do a driving lesson on a spare tyre, as they are different (i.e space saver ones) from regular types and after ~50miles their quality goes down considerably.

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KOrMw TIL Shrek was the first to win an Oscar for best animated feature, beating Monsters Inc.
oRO5W TIL the 1862 Greek referendum for the next head of state had write in ballots. 230,000 people voted for Prince Alfred, 480 voted "long live the great powers", 1,763 voted for "a king", 93 voted for "a republic" and Prince Ypsilantis, who died 30 years prior, got 6 votes, same as the eventual winner
0gpy TIL Vice investigated how easy it is to acquire nuclear weapons on the black market, and got as far as an exchange for acquiring a nuclear “Dirty bomb”
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