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TIL about a sex manual which existed in China that listed 48 different ways of playing with women's permanently bound feet.

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M7MlV TIL that the worst rail disaster in the UK was at Quintinshill in 1915, where a southbound train collided with a stationary northbound train that was "parked" on the southbound line to allow two late northbound trains to overtake it, one of which struck the wreckage of the troop train
9YeOr TIL that during the Revolution, British Capt. Patrick Ferguson refused an opportunity to shoot a passing American officer in the back. Historians say there's a very good chance that the officer was George Washington. Ferguson was later killed at the battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina.
X0rej TIL There are species of birds that have developed the ability to acquire toxic chemicals in their bodies making them less palatable or even lethal when consumed or contacted
wnyW TIL there exists an underwater forest in Lake Kaindy, Kazakhstan that was created after an earthquake in 1911 triggered a large landslide blocking the gorge and forming a natural dam
M7oWW TIL that storks that are bit by arrows while migrating and survive are called Pfeilstörche