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TIL dying in the London houses of parliament is illegal

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5mEQ TIL moles bite earthworms in a way that paralyzes, but does not kill them, so they stay fresh and alive until needed for food.
kno7 TIL That in the first Pirates of The Caribbean movie, the director insisted on actually having 882 Aztec coins in the chest for “a sense of historical fantasy”. Johnny Depp also used a real pistol, made in 1760.
Y7DNP TIL kurt vonnegut was a POW in Dresden, Germany, during the allies firebombing campaign. This would help shape his anti-war views later in life.
R5Vm6 TIL on 9/11/01 a guest at the Marriott World Trade Center hotel, located at the base of the towers, awoke to the first plane crashing but went back to bed. He then got up, turned on the news, took a shower, packed his things, and only decided to evacuate when the South Tower collapsed onto the hotel
QJ8LE TIL Banks have not resolved their ethics issues since the 2008 financial crisis due to "deep-seated cultural failures at many large financial institutions"