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TIL Disneyland uses hidden ‘smellitizers’ to fill the air with vanilla scents

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mxYjM TIL That in March of 1955 (9 months before Rosa Park's famous bus incident) 15-year-old Claudette Colvin did exactly the same thing.
GYVOJ TIL a bully who terrorized the town, commiting a number of varying crimes including attempted murder, was shot dead in front of 40+ people yet nobody “saw a thing.”
eKxn TIL Stairwells in medieval castles curved very narrowly and clockwise. Attackers coming up the stairs had sword hands (right hand) against the interior curve of the wall and made it very difficult to swing their swords. Defenders had their sword hands on the outside wall giving much room to swing.
nWLvr TIL there is a new gothic cathedral and monastery being built in Wyoming with carving being done by CNC
nRno TIL that not only did 43% of Pompeii buildings have indoor toilets, some also had plumbing for toilets on the second floor.