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TIL Led Zeppelin played a 4.5 hour set with only 1 album of material

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JY00j TIL: Queen Elizabeth the II actually used her powers in 1999 to prevent parliament from authorizing military strikes in Iraq without her consent. She is also completely and totally immune to any legal prosecution for any crime she could commit almost everywhere on earth.
69LN8 TIL E.B. White’s “Charlotte’s Web” is on banned books list b/c talking animals & “ it questions some religious beliefs.” https://readingpartners.org/blog/five-more-childrens-books-you-didnt-know-were-banned/
rR91M TIL there were eleven murdered prostitutes in Whitechapel at the time of Jack the Ripper but only five of these are thought to be victims of the infamous serial killer
eenk TIL on the last day before drinking was banned on the London Underground, thousands of people rode around the Circle Line on the subway until the line was suspended, due to the unruliness of the crowd
KR8G TIL of a theme park in Transylvania that’s 400 feet below ground. Once a salt mine and cheese storing facility, visitors can ride a Ferris wheel, row around a lake, play mini golf, and more.