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TIL that over 1 million people are buried on a small island in NY. Hart Island has been home to a confederate prison, asylum and “boys reformatory” dating as far back as 1869. Many of New York’s most vulnerable have found their way to this island and are laid in mass graves 3 caskets deep.

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kgwm TIL in some parts of India, there is a “No Toilet, No Bride” campaign, which promotes the use of toilets by encouraging women not to marry men who do not own a toilet.
gr7jX TIL that the original Pink Floyd managers (Jenner and King) decided to represent Syd Barrett when he left in 1968, dissolving their agreement with the others as they saw no future in the band without Barrett.
OoRQe TIL of the 'Toddler's Truce', where no TV programmes were scheduled to air in post-war Britain between 6-7 PM. The thinking was that ending the programmes at 6 would give parents time to put children to bed before evening programmes began; it would remain in place until 1957
gr9Rb TIL: The United Kingdom is responsible for 40% of the worlds inventions and discoveries
b9PON TIL that a window sill is only on the outside of a house, inside a house it's called a window stool.