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TIL Doune Castle in Scotland, where Monty Python filmed "Holy Grail" movie, rents coconut shells to tourists

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7Lnb TIL that in Japan there’s a communal event called ‘rui-katsu’ (tear-seeking). It’s when people get together to watch sad clips and then cry to relieve stress.
lX1a TIL women in Paris were officially not allowed to wear trousers until this year.
nWoJo TIL In the US. up until 1996, nicotine patches and gum required a prescription from a doctor
16eKX TIL that in 2013, 15 Australian miners were fired for performing the 'Harlem Shake' in a gold mine
R0r4 TIL in 1963 Khrushchev was so moved from a JFK speech about world peace that he said “I want to make peace with that man”. 7 weeks later the the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was signed.