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TIL: Ed Sheeran wrote and recorded most of “I See Fire” for The Hobbit the same day he screened the film, learning violin in the process

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EX7p TIL: Early in colonization, “Disposable Ships” were a type of craft built for a single voyage, after which they would be disassembled, the wood reused to build actual ships. Some disposables were the largest ships ever built.
Dk0D TIL that in 1931, a 17 year old female baseball pitcher named Jackie Mitchell struck out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in the same exhibition game.
dNoj TIL England used to have ‘Village lock-ups’ that were small buildings communities used to lock up disorderly drunks until they became sober
wAPo TIL A Luftwaffe pilot escorted a damaged American B17 safely out of Germany during WW2
XElLR TIL: The “fresh” apples you buy from the grocery store may have been in storage for up to a year before hitting the shelves thanks to modern storage techniques.