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TIL The Secret Garden the 1993 Film, Two (2) Castles in North Yorkshire was used to portray Misselthwaite Manor: Allerton Castle & Fountains Hall. The Staircase of London's Midland Grand Hotel is also a film location. This is same place where 1996 'Wannabe' video of Spice Girls is taken.

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awRoA TIL speaking two languages or more is good for your health. Research has shown that bilingualism can delay the onset of symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease by as much as 5 years.
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5Vd9B TIL Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, which is considered to be the first science fiction, gothic horror novel also wrote “The Last Man”, about a global pandemic caused by a bubonic plague that devastates 21st century Europe, thereby innovating the post-apocalyptic and dystopian fiction genre
8ep9P TIL that the “@“ sign, or asperand, has been around since the mid-1500s and is not a product of the Internet age, as some might think, let alone the 20th century.
PrXJ TIL that Heinrich Ehrler, a German Ace in WW2, shot down two bombers and rammed the last one, destroying both planes in the process. His last words were “Theo, Heinrich here. Have just shot down two bombers. No more ammunition. I’m going to ram. Auf Wiedersehen, see you in Valhalla!”