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TIL : In Victorian UK drunks would literally hang over a rope to sleep for 2-cents/pence

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gMPa7 TIL hundreds of love letters between two gay World War II soldiers were found and are being made into a book. In one, one of them wrote, “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if all our letters could be published in the future in a more enlightened time. Then all the world could see how in love we are.”
ANJdn TIL that pro wrestling referee Aubrey Edwards is a video game developer who has worked on the Scribblenauts series from programmer to lead producer.
j6o0v TIL about the White-Throated Sparrow. A species of bird that has 4 distinct sexes across 2 color morphs.
dPE7 TIL that up to 10% of chickens have a newly-discovered muscle disorder called “woody breast,” which causes their breast meat to be unusually hard and rubbery.
GY4WN TIL that the plane John McClane blows up in Die Hard 2, N473EV, was later nearly destroyed in reality by extreme turbulence which caused one engine to be completely torn from the plane mid-flight.