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TIL Princess Diana used to go to bars with Freddy Mercury dressed as a man so she wouldn’t be recognized.

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6Ewa7 TIL: An interesting yet unexplained phenomenon is that men have erections while dreaming (REM sleep), even when the dream is void of salacious content. The ancient cultures that believed soul flies away during dreams, typically depict dreaming by an erection and a bird flying away from the body.
BgwQb TIL that on average, 1,300 trains derail every year in the US, with a peak of 9,400 derailments in 1978.
rNkA4 TIL that in 2006 a Panera that had a clause in their lease with White City Shopping Center in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts that prevented other sandwich shops from opening in said shopping center tried to sue in order to prevent a Qdoba Mexican Grill from opening in the same shopping center.
v1DmK TIL Covered bridges are designed with roofs to protect and preserve the wooden structure from the elements. Uncovered wooden bridges typically have a lifespan of only 20 years because of the effects of rain and sun, but a covered bridge could last 100 years
PY8bE TIL In 2002, BBC News Accidentally Used The UNSC Logo From The Halo Video Game Series Assuming It Was For The 'United Nations Security Council'