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TIL there is an endangered crafts list in the UK called "the red list "

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VBoKQ TIL the phrase "pulling out all the stops" is derived from pipe organs, which have many levers called 'stops' which allow the organist to control the volume and timbre of different pipes. Pulling out all the stops would result in the loudest, most comprehensive sound.
BgRKK TIL in California, Washington, Oklahoma, Mississippi and New Mexico there in no minimum age for marriage, as long as a parent or guardian consent and a court gives permission.
By4y TIL Molly Pitcher manned a cannon during the Revolutionary War when her husband fainted from heat stroke or injury. She didn’t back down, even when a cannonball shot the skirt from between her legs.
0wloy TIL 100 million years ago, dinosaurs would get high by eating psychedelic fungi.
d757 TIL that Dildo, Fucking, Anus, Condom, Nob End, Effin, Twatt, Intercourse, Bald Knob, Wankum, Moron and Swastika are all names of towns around the world.