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TIL that on older payphones you could tap a phone number on the hook to call someone for free

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WkxaN TIL the reason children get lice but adults rarely do is because your scalp gets more acidic after puberty
VBkrQ TIL of the SS Birma, which steamed to aid The Titanic. They arrived too late to help, but held a memorial with a British flag they created themselves, and also took photographs of icebergs in the vicinity of the sinking.
LkNGr TIL that all ships visiting the ancient city of Alexandria were obliged to surrender their books for immediate copying. The owners received a copy and the originals were placed in the Library of Alexandria
wjnP TIL that John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) of the Sex Pistols has been married for over 30 years to a German publishing heiress
loPbr TIL that Hugh Thompson Jr. ordered his own crew to fire upon friendly soldiers if they wouldn’t stop shooting civilians in the My Lai Massacre.