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TIL that when CS Lewis went to an elite English boarding school in 1913, he found that homosexual relationships among students were “not [frowned upon as seriously as] wearing one’s coat unbuttoned.”

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PRWg TIL: MGM studio placed 16 year old Judy Garland on a diet of chicken soup, black coffee, cigarettes, and amphetamines to keep her appetite under control
vPZo8 TIL the pilot for "E.R." was originally written back in 1974 as a film screenplay
VyL8 TIL the top generals of both Canada and The United States met on multiple occasions to explore the possibility of creating a unified North American military force.
mOjR TIL a man from Texas died after attempting to play Russian roulette with a semi-automatic pistol. He was apparently unaware that semi-automatic pistols automatically insert a cartridge into the firing chamber when the gun is cocked. He was posthumously awarded a Darwin Award.
7r4PO TIL in 2017, a baby was born 4 years after his parents died in a car crash. The grandparents fought a legal battle to be allowed to use the couple's embryos, which had been frozen in liquid nitrogen, and after the birth, all 4 grandparents took DNA tests to establish that the baby was their grandson