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TIL homicide levels in medieval England were at least 10 times what they are today.

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K87E TIL an upper east side apartment was remodeled to include many puzzles, riddles, ciphers, and other hidden games. The owners had no prior knowledge of this and didn’t discover the first clue until living there for four months.
wLNBY TIL in 559 BC a chinese prisoner was sentenced to death by being flown off the top of a large tower attached to a kite. He survived the flight, and claimed the record of the highest jump survived by a person in the process. He was later starved to death in prison.
j0gn TIL Samuel Johnson, creator of the first English Dictionary, wrote joke entries including: “Oats: A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland appears to support the people.”
69deX TIL about the origins of the expression “the toolies” (the Aussie version is NSFW)
b9bw4 TIL: There are clear grand pianos. They're made of acrylic plastic. The Kawai CR-40 "Crystal Grand" is said to cost a quarter-million dollars according to one reviewer --though that's before haggling and discount codes. (At least the case and legs are clear; the interior workings aren't.)