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TIL that Maurice Sendak’s classic "Where The Wild Things Are" was originally titled "Where The Wild Horses Are" but Maurice realized he was unable to draw horses.

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Y7Old Today I learned that Germany still uncovers 2000 tons of unexploded bombs from WWII every year. Disposing of the bombs often requires the evacuation of tens of thousand of residents from their homes.
GYeZN TIL emergency departments in the UK are called A&E and sometimes even the CW—in the US those are TV channels. In hospitals they stand for “accident and emergency“ and “casualty ward“.
v1yvr TIL that the Norweigan resistance during WW2, after having their entire sardine catch requisitioned by the Nazis, took revenge by spiking the sardines with croton oil which is an extremely powerful laxative. Britain was so impressed by this that they followed suit by also spiking German supplies
LQDbd TIL Guqin, the ancient Chinese zither, has its own musical notation and 150 handbooks containing over 3,000 pieces of music spanning at least 1,500 years. However today fewer than two thousand people can play it, and it is rarely seen in China
1ayoV TIL Pete Townshend Was Arrested on Child Porn Charges