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TIL the phrase ‘It’s raining cats and dogs’ originated from the tendency of dead animals to be washed away following periods of heavy rain in the filthy streets of 17th century England.

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Y7pnB TIL that Liv Tyler didn't know her father was Stephen Tyler until she was 11 years old
yKaV TIL that when compared to a traditional plastic bag, a canvas or cotton reusable bag would have to be reused a total of 171 times to offset the higher carbon emissions, but that the average cotton bag is used only 51 times before being thrown away.
Z8J4a TIL the ZZ Top song "Master of Sparks" is based on a true story of people who used to weld together a spherical cage with a seat inside and then push it off a truck going 60 MPH with a person inside. Whoever survived got the title of Master of Sparks - one of them was ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons.
LkgR0 TIL Monty Python’s “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” is the most played song at funerals in the United Kingdom.
OG0a7 TIL almost 100 years before railroads, England’s Bridgewater Canal made it so one horse could pull 30 tons of coal, dropping the fuel price in half. It was so successful that it created a 1770’s “canal mania” starting the Industrial Revolution.