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0wV1y TiL Traditional English Breakfast of bacon eggs sausage black pudding baked beans & grilled tomato was available only for royals and the wealthy in the 1300s. In the 1950’s when goods became more available to everyone most people were able to adopt this full breakfast. That’s about 600 years later!
rLP0 TIL mail was delivered 12 times a day in Victorian London, with the first delivery starting ~7:30AM and the last one at ~7:30PM. Most Victorians were highly concerned of “return of post” (requesting immediate response) and they often complained if a letter didn’t arrive in a couple of hours.
b9WoE TIL: The worst sports disaster took place in 29 CE in a cheap wooden stadium in Fidenae, 8 miles north of Rome. It collapsed during a crowded gladiator game and killed at least 20,000 people. The Roman Senate responded by requiring that future stadiums be inspected and certified.
85bG TIL In WWII the Allies used the price of oranges in Paris as an indicator of whether railroad bridges had been bombed successfully.
DWWp TIL McLaren Automotive still uses a Compaq LTE 5280, a laptop from 1992, to provide service and maintenance to all remaining 100 McLaren F1s in the world.