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TIL that Medieval London had harsh anti-littering laws that required residents to clean the streets outside their home. Fines were so severe that angry mobs would beat people to death for littering in their neighborhoods.

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ABJo TIL that you don’t have to pay parking fines from private companies, only from local authorities and councils. They may look like fines, but they are just cleverly disguised invoices.
eKmg TIL until 2011 in Russia anything under 10% alcohol was considered foodstuff and not alcoholic
VBm TIL Scotland has it’s own species of wildcat, and there are only 400 left.
KOZvJ TIL that the HEPA filter was conceived during WWII to guard soldiers and scientists, especially those working on the Manhattan Project, from radioactive particles.
4bj5 TIL about the 1918 public lynching of Mary Turner. Turner (8 months pregnant) was hung upside down and set on fire. While still alive, her abdomen was cut open, causing her child to fall to the ground where she watched the lynch mob stomp him to death.