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TIL in the 18th century it was fashionable in England for the wealthy to hire people to live in their gardens as “ornamental hermits”

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Z5ER TIL: Japan didn’t ban child pornography until 1999. Even after 1999, possession of child pornography wasn’t illegal, only production and sale were.
dV4K TIL that Orsen Welles and Ernest Hemingway became great friends after getting into a fist-fight with each other in a theater:
Ob41 TIL Instead of dividing the backing vocals (low, medium, and high), Freddie Mercury, Brian May, and Roger Taylor, of the band Queen, would record each background part together in unison, twice. 3 part harmony = 18 “voices”. This is considered to be a key element of the “Queen Sound”.
xPQ5 TIL the Cleveland Indians once held an ill-fated promotion called 10 cent beer night. A riot ensued and members of both teams had to fight fans to escape the stadium.
9wpAG TIL all Star Wars funkopops are bobbleheads because Hasbro owns the rights to making all Star Wars figures that aren't bobbleheads