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TIL the Hammersmith Ghost Murder saw a 19th century ghost prank go badly wrong and spark off a public panic that culminated in a fatal shooting. This resulted in a murder trial that set a precedent for English criminal law- that acting on a mistaken belief can be a valid defence

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X096E TIL the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) baseball team once had a 228-game losing streak lasting from 2003 to 2013.
D1ayr TIL Bruce Willis suffered from severe stuttering as a child. He discovered the stutter disappeared while performing in a school play through the memorization of lines. While studying acting in college it was the combination of acting and speech therapy which helped him overcome his condition.
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9wwOm TIL that pretty much evry other country bases the beginning of Summer and Winter on the solstices. I’m Aussie and here summer always begins on December first; Winter always begins on June first. I used other sources to verify this as well; this one is just the best site where the point is most clear
OoWd4 TIL whitehead pimples come from a build up of bacteria in the follicles beneath your skin with small openings that dont allow air to come in, while blackheads are exposed to air through larger pores in your follicles causing them to oxidise blackening them.