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TIL there’s a day called “Ed Balls day”, celebrating when british politician Ed Balls accidentally entered his intended search term in the wrong box on Twitter, and ended up sending a tweet saying “Ed Balls”. On its anniversary, each 28 April, followers retweet his original message.

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