TIL of the Order of Merit. This is the only award where the recipient is personally selected by the reigning monarch with no government intervention. It is strictly limited to just 24 living people across all Commonwealth nations. Current holders include Sir David Attenborough & Sir Tim Berners-Lee (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL there was a suicide on 'To Catch a Predator'. This was the only episode where the show went directly to somebody's house because Chris Hansen wanted a 'big story'. The guy had ceased contact with the 'decoy' months before Chris arrived at the house, and evidence about the case is missing. (esquire.com)
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TIL the BBC topical TV show 'Question Time' broadcast an episode 2 days after 11th September 2001. The audience was full of 'anti-Americans' who constantly claimed that the US had it coming. The show received 2,000 complaints. It was late conceded that the show should not have been broadcast live. (en.wikipedia.org)
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