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E1BGx TIL of the Swansea Devil. In the 1890's, two architects wanted the contract to rebuild a church. The loser later placed a carving across the street and prophesied, "My devil will see St Mary’s burnt to the ground". Swansea was heavily bombed in WWII, including the church, but the devil remained.
8mNZ TIL Lemmy from Motorhead had an action figure made of him. He asked if they were going to put a penis on it. They said no. He replied “Well, then it’s not going to get much action then, is it?”
nZgb TIL that hydraulic fracturing (fracking), was often considered too expensive to realistically pursue until an engineer discovered more efficient methods in 1997. Although Nicholas Steinsberger saved his company and changed the industry, he did not receive so much as a bonus.
P11Rg TIL In 2018, National Geographic magazine apologized for publishing decades of unacceptable past coverage after editor Susan Goldberg found a photo caption of Aborginal Australians from 1916 that left her "speechless". During that era, indigenous Australians were anticipated to be a dying race
rkY4 TIL While visiting America shortly after Pearl Harbor Winston Churchill suffered a minor heart attack. Fearing the possible headlines, his doctor didn’t tell anyone, including Churchill, that he had a heart attack.