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wZMP TIL that after losing the Bounty to mutiny, Captain Bligh had several more crews mutiny, and was deposed as Governor of New South Wales by his own troops
ADMLn TIL that diesel trains are moved forward using electrical motors, the diesel engine is only used as a source to create electricity through a generator
W7rjB TIL: (Toxic to Soil and Plants) Styrofoam is Used in Potted Plants Instead of Perlite
GYOLj TIL Spike Milligan, member of comedy team The Goons, joked after fellow member Harry Secombe sang at Peter Sellers' funeral, "I hope you die before me because I don't want you singing at my funeral." 22 years later, at Milligan's memorial, Secombe's son played a recording of his late father singing.
QvQa TIL in the 50s a white man disguised himself as a black man and travelled to some of the most racially segregated parts of America. He found blatant acts of racism almost everywhere he went, and published a book about his experiences called Black Like Me.