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TIL In 1909 then MP Winston Churchill was attacked and whipped by a suffragette.

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pYa4e TIL that Brighton, one of the sunniest places in the UK, still has considerably fewer sunshine hours (~1,840) than 'Rain City' Seattle in the US (~2170)
LkgQ9 TIL in 2017 the Pentagon released videos and information of a UFO encounter through a FOIA request.
aw0My TIL in 1926, the US Federal government poisoned alcohol in a effort to end alcohol consumption during Prohibition. By the end of Prohibition, 10,000 Americans died due to alcohol poisoning.
Gvng TIL a study conducted by YouGov, a research organization that use online polling, discovered that the average American thinks they’re smarter than the average American
18dD TIL during the late 1800s, a baboon was employed by the railroad as a signalman and he never once made a mistake during its career, and worked for the railroad until his death.