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TIL that in England, the period, as in the punctuation mark indicating the end of a sentence, is called a full stop.

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Y7VNd TIL one of Nazi physician Johanna Haarer's child-rearing strategies was that newborns should be placed in a separate room from their mother for the first three months of the baby's life, with only strictly regulated breastfeeding visits from her of no longer than 20 minutes during that period.
4XejR TIL of Tom & Moll King, owners of 18th century London's infamous 'Tom King's Coffee House'. Est. 1720 by the aristocrat & his former prostitute wife, the all-night venue - famed also for its attractive Black barmaid - drew all classes for sex encounters. It features in artist William Hogarth's work.
8aejZ TIL it is illegal under German law to deny the holocaust, which is punishable by up to 5 years in prison.
6LOY TIL Will Smith’s shortened first name does not stand for William. It’s Willard Caroll Smith, Jr. In addition, he has a 22 year old son also named Willard (III). Except Willard III goes by “Trey”
M7BZm TIL about the Island of the Dolls (La Isla de las Muñecas) in Mexico, where hundreds of decaying dolls hang from trees. The island’s caretaker, Don Julián Santana, believed he was haunted by a drowned girl’s spirit and began collecting dolls to appease her.