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TIL that, when writing Dracula, Bram Stoker was greatly influenced by his father’s interest in theatre and his mother’s gruesome stories about her childhood during the cholera epidemic in 1832.

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69vQZ TIL that Sweden lost a gold medal in the team dressage event at the 1948 Olympic games in London because one of the riders was "only" a sergeant and not an officer. This rule was subsequently scrapped and from then on civilians could compete, too.
pYPBQ TIL there are about up to 4000 species of cockroaches in the world, and the population exceeds 2.5 trillion roaches
69E7l TIL about Alkaline hydrolysis , an alternative way of body disposal
xVOoo TIL the common pigeon is the 7th fastest animal on the planet. The cheetah ranks 12th.
Z8aAQ TIL of US Army nurse Ruby Bradley. Captured during WWII, she was nicknamed the "Angel in Fatigues", delivering 13 babies and smuggling food to help starving children. During the Korean War, she refused to leave her hospital until everyone has left, despite surrounded by 100,000 enemy soldiers.