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TIL There's A Ghost Town named Gad Under Summersville Lake in West Virginia created by a dam that was almost called Gad Dam.

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0dMxA TIL about Garderobe, Toilets in a Medieval Castle that were usually built into the walls, like a simple hole discharging to the outside into a cesspit (akin to a pit latrine) or the castle moat (like a fish pond toilet). It was believed that ammonia would protect visitors' coats and cloaks from moth
5Ao8 TIL Monkeys will pay to watch monkey porn.
R7wr9 TIL In 1941, some Soviet tanks were so superior to German ones, that a single KV tank stalled the German advance for a full day while being attacked by a variety of anti-tank weapons and was overrun only because it finally ran out of ammunition
KODlB TIL the lost 1920 film "The Skywayman" included the gruesome accidental deaths of two pilots, caused by the ground crew not shutting off the floodlights and accidentally blinding the two men. This wound up making it a very popular film, though no copies exist today.
jNexE TIL humans use blankets during sleep because we revert to lizard biothermic characteristics during REM sleep.