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TIL there is a bridge on the Manchester Ship Canal which has a toll of 12p per crossing which was set in 1863 and has just failed to get it increased

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R7k19 TIL A clock is being built inside a mountain in Texas that will keep time for 10,000 years with minimal to no human interaction. One of the reasons for building the clock is to get people to think long term.
YWov TIL Kanye West commissioned Zach Galifianakis to make an alternate music video of “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” on a whim based on a connection through a personal trainer; the video is Zach riding farm equipment and lip synching.
QgXX TIL for severe crimes such as mutiny, the Royal navy used to punish men with “flogging round the fleet”. The criminal would be ferried from ship to ship, and whipped by the crew of every ship at port
KdrR TIL that the process of getting torn apart by a black hole is called Spaghettification
W5Ko TIL In Ancient Rome, flaming war pigs were used to counter war elephants. The siege of Megara in 266 BC was broken when Megarians doused pigs in pitch, set them alight and drove them towards the enemy’s massed war elephants. The elephants bolted in terror, killing a large number of soldiers.