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TIL that in 1998 the British soap Coronation Street debuted Hayley Patterson, who was the UK's first transgender soap character, and her storylines are given partial credit for the UK's 2004 Gender Recognition Act

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V7Vp TIL Richard Nixon sabotaged Vietnam peace talks in order to give himself a better chance at winning the 1968 Presidential election, prolonging the war by 5 years.
aJE0 TIL the longest wrongful conviction served was 35 years served by James Bain for a murder and rape he did not commit.
Z8yYo TIL Biblioteca Joanina is one of only two libraries in the world that house a colony of bats. At night the bats hunt insects inside the library, thus helping with the maintenance of the stacks.
YKkZ TIL that after a man died of a heart attack from riding the roller coaster Python, SeaWorld removed its tagline: “I challenged the Python and lived!”.
pYWrQ TIL that the song “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” is about a baseball-obsessed girl. The part sung at baseball games is only the chorus, where she tells her boyfriend where she wants to go on a date.