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TIL that International Master Jeremy Silman created the Chess puzzle for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone where Ron sacrifices himself, but wasn't credited for his role, while "everyone from the hairdressers to the donut delivery boy" were.

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4DYa TIL that people accused of witchcraft who underwent trial by water actually had ropes to pull them out if they sank. The notion that the ordeal was devised as a situation without any possibility of live acquittal, even if the outcome was ‘innocent’, is a modern exaggeration.
dD84Q TIL Jacqueline Susann became the first writer in publishing history to have three consecutive #1 novels on the New York Times Best Seller list. The first being "Valley of the Dolls" 1966, then "The Love Machine" 1969, followed by "Once Is Not Enough" 1973.
gweX TIL In 2004, the founder of Girls Gone Wild has forced at gunpoint to make a gay porn.
awQr0 TILA about the WW2 German War Graves on the British Army base on Thorney Island
APml TIL in 1945 a thousand Japanese troops retreated through a swamp at night and were set upon by crocodiles, only 20 made it out alive.