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TIL a furnace used to blow glass is called a ‘Glory Hole’

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nexed TIL that The Beatles watched George Harrison lose his virginity and they cheered in the end.
VMe9m TIL about Yemen's Well of Barhout, known as the "Well of Hell", which is 100 feet wide and 328-820 feet deep. Foul smells emanate from the well, and folklore says it served as a prison for demons.
xykB TIL the ‘Type A and Type B personalities’ were conceived from studies that sought to establish a link between proactive personalities and heart disease. Tobacco companies funded the studies & used them to suggest cigarettes only seemed to cause heart disease because smokers were such high achievers
0dwEL TIL there is an audiobook of the CIA torture report narrarated by Academy Award winner Helen Mirren
Ookgg TIL during the Revolutionary War the smallpox epidemic threatened the troops of G. Washington so badly he forbade inoculating troops fearing that doing so would make too many sick and leave the army without sufficient strength. Washington himself had been exposed when young making him immune.