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TIL that ‘The Princess Bride’ had a proposed sequel of which one chapter was written called 'Buttercup’s Baby.’ It involved the kidnapping of the baby and ended with Fezzik sacrificing his life to save her.

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w5x1 TIL there is an airless tire called a tweel. It is currently only used in military and construction
xZQB TIL That “The Right of the First Night”, where a feudal lord had the right to be the first to bed the local wives, has no definitive evidence and might be a fabrication.
4XkMJ TIL that water towers provide water pressure based on their height and don’t just hold water.
GAlM4 TIL about the Wire of Dead, an electric fence along the whole border of Belgium and The Netherlands erected during WWI by the Germans to prevent anyone escaping to Neutral The Netherlands.
kOY6m TIL About Albert Göring, the brother of Hermann Göring (2nd most powerful man in Nazi Germany), who was a rabid anti-nazi that helped save the lives of countless Jews and other dissidents.