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TIL about a village in India, in which people decided to live without street lights for over a month, not wanting to disturb the nest a Robin had built in the switch board. They will turn on the lights, once the birds leave the nest.

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e0yRE TIL About Nikola Petkov, a Bulgarian revolutionary who helped establish Bulgaria as a republic, only to be executed by its government after a show trial when he tried to preserve democracy
N7BnN TIL that Dalmatians are the official firehouse dog because, in the 1700's, they would run alongside horse-drawn carriages keeping pace, even at full sprint, and protect the horses from other dogs or animals that could spook them.
E1eDW TIL that in 2003, Paramount Pictures planned to make a movie based on Avril Lavigne's song "Sk8r Boi". However, the project eventually ended up in development hell and was later abandoned.
9YjY7 TIL of Matelotage, a homosexual or platonic same-sex union among sailors, in particular pirates, in the 17th & 18th century. "Matelots" would share their income, and inherit their property in death. They would protect and fight alongside each other in battle and act in the other's interest.
1aPVV TIL: The Beatles had an 'everyman' (Mal Evans, seen in Get Back) who did everything from roadie work to bodyguarding to even performing and just a few years after they broke up he was shot to death by the LAPD.