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LkLPQ TIL that Ivory Coast built a church copied from the St. Peter's Basilica to surpass it as the highest church in the world. Upon completion the pope only agreed to consecrate it, if the overall height was lower than the Vatican Basilica and if there would be built a hospital next to it.
4vbw TIL that the entire Pink Floyd Album “Wish you were here” was written in tribute to Lead Singer and Song writer Syd Barrett after he departed the band due to “declining mental health”
9Y0Qr TIL that when a jury convicted Jane Wenham of witchcraft in 1712, due to witnesses accusing her of flying on a broomstick and bewitching servants, the sceptical judge refused to execute her and instead sought a royal pardon, noting that there was “no law against flying.”
E1kdx TIL the very first automation happened was via first Electronic Computer Colossus, to reduce the time for decoding World War II messages between Hitler & his Generals, from six weeks to six hours, at Bletchley Park in England.
Y7QwZ TIL the modern bra was invented in 1914 by 19-year-old Mary Phelps Jacob, who stitched it from handkerchiefs and ribbon as an alternative to corsets. She sold her patent a year later to Warner Brothers Corset Company for $1,500. They went on to make more than $15 million from it.