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TIL that before electrical and mechanical alarm clocks were common, working people used to hire "knockers-up" to wake them by banging sticks or shooting dried peas at their windows.

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MeRBa TIL that the Church of Scientology used espionage, front groups, private detectives, and over 2,500 lawsuits to gain tax exemption in the United States.
LkNDV TIL The Beatles ended stadium segregation in the Deep South by refusing to perform in Gator Bowl stadium (Jacksonville, Florida). The City relented and because of that defiance, many black concert-goers were publicly among white people for the very first time.
15lV TIL the largest sand dune in North America is in….Idaho.
Oo654 TIL in 2010, Nestlé refused to watch a documentary about child slave labor in the cocoa industry and their involvement in it. In response, the film's director set up a large screen next to Nestle’s headquarters in Switzerland playing the film.
P1LyZ TIL that the first Norman castle in England was built 15 years before the Norman Conquest