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TIL Over a 20 month period, Elton John spent £293,000 on flowers. When asked in court if that was possible, he replied “Yes, I like flowers”

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BrxPk TIL that the King of Prussia had a personal army of 3000 tall men and admitted, "The most beautiful girl or woman in the world would be a matter of indifference to me, but tall soldiers—they are my weakness"
6lb7 TIL the urge for people (especially mothers) to “gobble up” a baby is caused by the scent of the baby which causes the brain to deliver rewarding feelings similar to eating .
8eXjX TIL that the first vacuum cleaners were horse drawn. They were so big that It took 6 people, excluding the horse, in order to operate.
WpvB TIL that as of 2005, Minsk, the capital of Belarus, does not have a single school with education carried out in the Belarusian language.
a8BQb TIL that Rx, used as shorthand for prescription is actually an abbreviation for the Latin word recipere.