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9wynr TIL that Ozzy Osbourne once met with a German record executive while drunk. He tried to “lighten the mood” by performing a striptease and kissing the executive on the lips. The situation then escalated to him goose-stepping up and down the table and urinating in the exec’s wine.
a97A TIL spiral staircases in medieval times wound in a clockwise direction (from the ascender’s point of view) to place attacking swordsmen (who were most often right-handed) at a disadvantage
XEZbX TIL learned Dr. Samuel A. Cartwright invented the condition "drapetomania" (the urge to run away from captivity). He practised in the United States in the 1850's, and couldn't understand African slaves' desire to flee the 'paradise' of captivity. So he made up a term for it.
VBopG TIL a snail's anus is above its head
WkpvA TIL that many East African countries don’t want your donated clothes, as it destroys their own clothing market and hurts their economy. They have even asked countries like the U.S. to stop, but we never listen.