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TIL that Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Harry Potter) is located on Scotland, not on England!!

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ewYg TIL There is a place on the internet just for getting away from it all.
9YGxr TIL that Benedict Cumberbatch, was kidnapped together with Denise Black and a mutual friend near Lake St. Lucia in South Africa by a gang of six men. By nightfall, he managed to persuade his abductors that they could get in trouble if they harmed him or his friends. The trio was then let go.
Ov6X TIL that David Bowie’s permanently dilated pupil was the result of a punch to the face in a fight over a girl. Despite their altercation, he and George Underwood stayed friends and Underwood went on to do the artwork for Bowie’s early albums.
D7Ae TIL that lack of free play for children and little to no freedom to choose who they play with leads to mental health problems, such as depression and anxiety, later in life.
d548 TIL in the US being clean shaven became popular after troops returned as heroes from WWI–they had been required to shave so gas masks would securely fit.