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xVNM5 TIL popularity of a June wedding in European tradition is because bathing was much less frequent in middle ages since it was thought to increase chance of disease so most bathed once a year and usually in late spring. So, made sense to marry in June when people would smell better for their weddings
M7m6m TIL during WW1, the German Navy built a ship and painted it to look like a British ship called the RMS Carmania in order to infiltrate and destroy British convoys. On the ships first outing, the first enemy it encountered was the real RMS Carmania, which promptly sunk it.
oBjE TIL that a man named Arthur Lintgen can correctly identify a piece of classical music by simply analyzing the grooves on a vinyl record.
b9bOj TIL that due to a rare condition, a simple Hickey can turn into a deadly stroke, a 17-year-old die getting a hickey from his girlfriend.
b9b80 TIL Death Row Records released a Christmas Album in 1996 called “Christmas on Death Row” including songs from Snoop Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound and Nate Dogg.