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TIL that there are more than 1,300 stone rings across the British Islands and Stonehenge is only the most famous of them.

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Mexe8 TIL the "big fat phony" guy from Family Guy is credited as "Holden Caulfield", Protagonist of Catcher in the Rye who often accuses people of being "phony".
evY5 TIL that Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro are the only two actors to win an Oscar for playing the same character. The first played Vito Corleone in The Godfather; the second played Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II.
16oXd TIL a sufragette once followed Winston Churchill everywhere he went and rang a bell every time he tried to speak in public.
1aD0D TIL when German Instrument of Surrender was signed on May 7, 1945, Allies' journalists were banned from reporting it until Soviet Union hosted the repeat signing on May 8. Edward Kennedy from AP violated the ban, was subsequently ostracized, fired, and apologized to 60 years later.
LkppP TIL George Washington had a fear of being buried alive (taphophobia). He requested, if he died, his body be laid out for three days before burial to make sure he was dead before burial.