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TIL that Count Dracula was originally supposed to be named Count Wampyr

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4DYa TIL that people accused of witchcraft who underwent trial by water actually had ropes to pull them out if they sank. The notion that the ordeal was devised as a situation without any possibility of live acquittal, even if the outcome was ‘innocent’, is a modern exaggeration.
BrM5b TIL Tesla is the leading car manufacturer in Norway and total of 32% of cars are electric in Norway.
R740l TIL Quokkas have a survival instinct which triggers when a mother is threatened by a predator. She will throw her baby at the predator, which will hiss at the predator while the mother makes her escape.
jLoQ TIL Arby’s was actually named after the initials R.B, as in Roast Beef.
D1MWY TIL about Digby Tatham Warter, the man who led a charge in WW2 with a bowler hat and an umbrella, and immobilising an enemy tank using said umbrella.