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TIL that Ian Anderson, the frontman for the rock band Jethro Tull, adopted the flute after realized he would never be "as good as Eric Clapton" on the electric guitar.

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N8Pe TIL that in 1998, workers restoring Benjamin Franklin’s home uncovered the remains of 10 people; researchers suspect that a house-guest of Franklin smuggled in dead bodies to use for anatomical research and buried them in the basement
R7067 TIL of Wilgefortis, a female saint whose distinguishing feature is a large beard, which grew after she prayed God to make her repulsive in order to avoid an unwanted marriage. She is the patron saint of women seeking refuge of abusive husbands, and the patron saint of facial hair
epKgk TIL Robert Richards of the DuPont family abused his 3 year old daughter and after being sentenced to 8 years in prison, he was released immediately as the judge claimed that the "defendant will not fare well" in prison
E1oLx TIL that after a horse ran into No Man's Land during World War I and got shot, French soldiers decided to replace it with a fake papier-mache horse with a sniper inside. He also had a telephone wire so he could message back to the trenches on enemy movement. The ploy was discovered after three days.
Exoo TIL Honey, and objects immersed in honey, have been preserved for decades and even centuries