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TIL During World War 2, morale among the British Army (in desert campaigns) was directly proportional to the supply of tea that they had. This was due to them brewing it all the time in order to drink the foul-tasting water they were supplied with, as it came from fuel cans.

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M65V TIL Norman Rockwell’s painting “People Reading Stock Exchange” has a man with three legs. Rockwell didn’t notice this until it was pointed out years later.
7yaX TIL of Annabel Chong, who was the sole female participant in the world’s biggest gangbang. After getting driven hard into pound town by 251 guys, the director of the movie never ended up paying her the agreed upon 10k USD upon completing the shoot.
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e0M4k TIL there's a village in England called Fingringhoe.