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TIL - The Stone of Destiny, an ancient stone on which Scottish monarchs had been crowned, was taken from Scotland, by King Edward I of England in 1296, and in 1950 4 Scottish students from the University of Glasgow stole the Stone from Westminster Abbey in London and took it back to Scotland

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6EpA7 TIL that high school and college sports are a thing unique to the US and a few other countries. In most countries, people who want to play sports join local clubs.
dDKwB TIL Estrogen is linked to causing depression and anxiety in women but doctors and scientists are unsure how. The actual measured level of estrogen doesn't predict emotional disturbances.
neLM7 TIL of the Shard of Harry. In the MMO Asheron's Call, a group of players defended a shard that needed to be destroyed for the game to progress and killed any player that attempted to do that. Eventually the developers tried to defeat the defenders with their own characters. They were also killed.
gd68 TIL David Bowie said “In America especially, when I do ‘The Man Who Sold The World’ the amount of kids that come up afterwards and say, 'It’s cool you’re doing a Nirvana song.’ And I think, 'Fuck you, you little tosser!’”
XEOpR TIL while filming “X-Men:Origins Wolverine,” Hugh Jackman had to run down a hallway naked with prop claws attached to his fists. As he turned the corner he faced every women on the production staff waving dollar bills. He instinctively shielded his groin and cut himself with Wolverine’s claws.