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Today I learned, you can legally call gay hair dressers “faggots” in France!

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8n7b TIL in 1956, a magician was performing the “cut a person in half” trick using his wife for a televised performance. Immediately after she was divided, the host ended the show. People were horrified, thinking she had been killed, but time had just run out on the broadcast.
epl76 TIL about St Innocent of the Orthodox Church. A Russian priest, he traveled to Alaska in 1823 to preach to the natives. He learned many languages and translated the Gospel into an Aleutian language and also for the Tlingits. Although he had a church, he mostly traveled by canoe to visit his parish.
7rpRO TIL Chester Bennington's final purchase before his death was a new house in Los Angeles with five bedrooms and four bathrooms, priced at £2 million. Many people believe this may have been him trying to make sure his family were secure before his passing.
jMwN TIL Beethoven meant his symphonies to be played at 160 - 180 bpm - break beats and drum & bass speeds
pOke TIL that “Peter Pan” is the only UK copyright which has been extended in perpetuity, meaning Great Ormond Street Hospital can recieve royalties forever. This has earned it the name “The Copyright which never grows up”