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TIL medieval nicknames for the toilet included the ‘draught’, ‘gong’, ‘siege-house’, ‘neccessarium’, and even ‘Golden Tower’.

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rRVl0 TIL that FIVE movies sold more than an estimated 135 million tickets in North American; Titanic 135.5 million ; E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 141.8 million ; The Sound of Music 142.5 million ; Star Wars (Episode IV) 178.1 million and Gone with the Wind 202.3 million (the full list is in the link)
xVd87 TIL: Brightline, the Florida based rail service that currently operates between Miami and West Palm Beach, is the nation's deadliest railroad with more than 40 people killed at rail crossings in the first two years of operation.
WkZ64 TIL Henry Ford created what is today known as Kingsford Charcoal by reusing old scrap wood from his car manufacturing plants and later spinning off the company to a family member
j6NPE TIL repeat dui offenders in Ohio get yellow license plates
4W5w TIL that about 50% of perceived friendships are actually non-reciprocal