contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 4 months agoTIL that in 1833 Britain used 40% of its national budget to free all slaves in the Empire. The loan for the Slavery Abolition Act was so large that it was not paid off until 2015.www.aaihs.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1181arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1833 Britain used 40% of its national budget to free all slaves in the Empire. The loan for the Slavery Abolition Act was so large that it was not paid off until 2015.www.aaihs.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 4 months agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareabbadon420@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·4 months agoBetter than a kick in the balls, as we like to call it
Better than a kick in the balls, as we like to call it
Unless you’re into that