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TIL "The wondering whore" wa the first guide book about the city's prostitutes that circulated in London beginning in 1661. Even through it was actually a guide, it was written as if it was meant to instruct the "law abiding citizens" how to avoid the prostitutes

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4XeEg TIL the largest family to perish on the Titanic was the Sage family of Peterborough, England. Mr and Mrs Sage and their nine children all died in the sinking. Only the body of their 13-year-old son was recovered.
yVJJe TIL about Gung Haggis Fat Choy, a cultural event originating from Vancouver. The event originated to mark the coincidence of the Scottish cultural celebration of Robert Burns Day (25 Jan) with the Chinese New Year, but has come to represent a celebration of combining cultures in untraditional ways
LQgp TIL it is against the law to be obese in Japan
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eenk TIL on the last day before drinking was banned on the London Underground, thousands of people rode around the Circle Line on the subway until the line was suspended, due to the unruliness of the crowd