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TIL the primary purpose of a Castle’s moat was to prevent attackers from tunnelling under the walls.

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VMJbZ TIL When the show of comedian Benny Hill was cancelled, it devastated him and his health started to decline. However, fans of his show continued pushing for a new series. A company saw this and sent him an offer for some specials. It arrived in the mail on the same day he died.
0wXey TIL Charlie Sheen's HIV+ status disclosure lead to a 95% increase in the use of over-the-counter HIV testing kits.
grloW TIL that Walt Disney believed to have introduced "Donald Duck" character after hearing about famous duck-out of Australian cricketer Donald Bradman through newspapers in US as Bradman's duck became a hot-topic in across US. Bradman scored duck in Australia's cricket tour of North America in 1932.
9YM76 TIL - When your eyes look right, your eardrums bulge to the left, and vice versa. However scientists have discovered that the eardrums move 10 milliseconds BEFORE the eyes do, and they don't know why.
VKRm TIL that in the 60’s Ford was in talks to buy Ferrari but when Ferrari backed out at the last minute it enraged Ford so they built the GT40 to beat Ferrari at Le Mans. It went on to win 4 consecutive times.