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TIL that Tudor England strictly regulated begging. Healthy beggars would be whipped or branded with a "V." Only the sick or weak were allowed to beg—and only in assigned areas. If caught begging elsewhere, they were punished.

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WkX88 TIL of William Howard Hughes, a United States Air Force officer with security clearance and expertise in rocket self-destruct technology, vanished in 1983. Authorities feared he had defected to the Soviet Union. In June 2018, he was found living in California under an assumed name.
x6p80 TIL About ‘The Misty Experiment’ The Secret Battle for the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
4XyYR TIL the US actually made some attempts to use the metric system
0wgVN TIL that Jack Daniel (the founder of the whiskey) died from kicking a safe. When he kicked it, he broke his toe which got infected. He eventually died from blood poisoning.
BQkk TIL at the 2009 Grammy’s Miley Cyrus requested a backstage meeting with the members of rock band Radiohead. Lead singer, Thom Yorke, politely declined. After being snubbed by the band, Miley vowed to get revenge. “I’m gonna ruin them, I’m gonna tell everyone.”