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TIL in 2004, The Dave Matthews Band bus on tour dumped 800 pounds of human waste over 120 passengers when they were crossing a river under a bridge

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EWBP TIL Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ was labelled “immoral” and banned in a Virginia school. She wrote a letter determining school board member illiteracy as the issue causing this decision and donated to a fund hoping “to enroll the (School Board) in any first grade of its choice”.
nWywG TIL when the Union Jack is flown vertically, such as on a flagpole, the wider white stripe should be on top and to the left of the viewer. This is because Scotland’s St Andrew’s Cross takes precedence over Ireland’s St Patrick’s Cross.
awJPN Til- After His Wife Was Denied Water, Bapuro Tajne managed to dig her a well in under 40 days and ended up discovering a water source capable of sustaining his entire village.
XEA8X TIL that chess grandmaster Nigel Short played a series of 8 online chess games against an anonymous user and lost every single game. He believes the anonymous player was the legendary Bobby Fischer, who was living in exile in Iceland and hadn't played professionally in years.
WDn9 TIL: Putting candles on birthday cakes dates back to the Ancient Greeks, who often burned candles as offerings to their many gods & goddesses. It was their way to pay tribute to the Greek moon goddess, Artemis. Round cakes symbolized the moon. Candles were added to represent the reflected moonlight.