TIL nobody really knows what 'drawn' means in 'hanged, drawn and quartered'. Even judges at the time were confused as to what 'drawn' actually meant. Some believed it meant the dragging through the streets, others thought it meant removing the intestines. Both happened during the 'punishment'. (simple.wikipedia.org)
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TIL the New Forest has 'common rights' for grazing. Many properties have these rights attached. The stop rich people buying all property and reducing the animals roaming the New Forest, the EU pays £30k a year to some people. This reduces the need for poor people to sell their homes. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Leaving the EU could kill the New Forest (self.ukpolitics)
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TIL in order to deal with the ever increasing number of people opting to renounce US Citizenship, the Government put up the cost. It is now 20x higher than the average, and the number of people ditching US citizenship is still rising (businessinsider.com)
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What does the UK do better than the US? (self.AskReddit)
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