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TIL it’s U.S. law that every shower head has to be sold with a flow restrictor valve (for water conservation) and it’s easy and lawful to remove it yourself for better water pressure

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Vd4G TIL that during production of the notoriously convoluted 1946 noir classic The Big Sleep, neither the director nor the screenwriters knew if a character was supposed to have commit suicide or been murdered, so they contacted the book’s author, Raymond Chandler, and he didn’t know either.
EgKVW TIL ManO'War, considered one of the greatest racehorses in history was the father of triple crown winner War Admiral. Thru his daughters and grandaughter lineage came triple crown winners Seattle Slew and American Pharoah.
jN8EE TIL "Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived" is a popular mnemonic used to remember the fate of the of the six wives of King Henry VIII
GYODJ TIL before Robert Palmer became famous for songs like Simply Irresistible and Addicted to Love, he lived in Bahamas and sang reggae
4XYYo TIL: Michael Shen Fu-Tsung was one of the first Chinese to visit England in 1681. His works can still be found at Oxford University library.