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TIL that the act of throwing someone out of a window is called "Defenestration".

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b9nl4 TIL That The Manila Envelope is Called That Because of Its Main Component: Manila Hemp
GYRaJ TIL In the 1950s, the Egyptian Secret Service had their spy in London buy all of the James Bond books so they could analyse British espionage methods believing it was based on reality
KO4g9 TIL the United Kingdom hasn't really required people to pay for bail since 1898. This was to help reduce the number of people remanded in custody simply because they were poor. Nowadays, bail is automatically given unless said person has a risk of absconding or is a risk to the public.
LJXd TIL one of the biggest contributers to the original Oxford English Dictionary was an inmate at a lunatic asylum and former surgeon from the American civil war, incarcerated for shooting a man in London.
VXl8 TIL producer Sherwood Schwartz tricked Tina Louise into accepting the role of Ginger on Gilligan’s Island by saying “You’re the big star of the show”