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j6KLp TIL that Chinese men cut off their queue (plait) as a symbol of revolution in the 19th century.
dDrJ7 TIL that it is not known exactly when the University of Oxford was founded
rNmdW TIL after fighting in WWI, A. A. Milne had PTSD so severe, he was reminded of whizzing bullets by buzzing bees, and cannons firing by balloons popping. Wanting a lighthearted distraction and a way to explain to his son the difficulties of war, he wrote Winnie the Pooh stories as his way of doing so.