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TIL that Vinegar Valentines Were Mean-Spirited and Insulting Cards That Came to Popularity in the Victorian Era For Sending to An Unwanted Suitor or Someone You Didn't Like

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woEZM TIL the United Nations declared drinking water as a human right...in July of 2010.
a95N TIL In Lima, Peru there is a billboard that creates drinkable water out of thin air
woE9M TIL Bach wrote a number of pieces specifically for the lautenwerck, an instrument that no longer exists as none survived the 19th century. Their strings were made of sheep guts and Bach owned two
Oo9Lg TIL Charlie Chaplain composed the music for almost all of his films and played the Piano, Violin and Cello, despite not knowing how to read sheet music
9nwD TIL actor Stephen Tobolowsky (Ned Ryerson) was held hostage at a Dallas Safeway when he was 25. A stranger stopped him and said “I see you have mangos, the most exotic of fruit” before putting a .45 to his head. Tobolowsky then gave the man his actual address and invited him over for dinner.