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TIL that Spider webs were used as bandages in ancient times.

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ZOAo TIL that at the 2:58 mark in the song “Hey Jude”, Paul McCartney hits the wrong key on the piano and says “Fucking Hell”. John Lennon suggested that they keep it into the song, and so they dropped it into a low register. You can still hear it in the song to this day.
nkwb TIL a woman tried to kill herself by jumping off the Empire State Building, but the wind blew her back onto the building, saving her life
x4Dg TIL that 5.5 million people died in a famine under British rule in India. Around the same time, Lord Lytton, the Vice Roy of India was engaged in a fabulous celebration with over 60 000 guests to be wined and fed for the coronation of Queen Victoria as the Empress of India.
epEg TIL: The FBI’s security certificate is expired and they are hosted by GoDaddy…
OoWRX TIL that Aaron Sorkin once sent himself to the ER while acting out a scene he'd written | While writing a Newsroom episode, he was acting out a scene where a character lunges at someone, and he smashed into his bathroom mirror, breaking his nose and making a huge bloody mess.