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TIL that Scotland has 421 words for "snow".
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TIL that there are some pubs in England that are over 1000 years old.
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TIL that in the 1960s, Dr. Pepper tried to convince people to serve it hot with lemon, as a holiday drink.
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[TIL] that before Ian McDiarmid Played the Emperor in ROTJ the original portrayal in Empire Strikes Back was an actress with a male voice dubber over.
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TIL of the sawback bayonet. When plunged into the enemy, this style of blade pulled out the victim’s insides when removed, causing an exceptionally painful death. French and British soldiers would execute captured germans on sight who were in possession of the blade.
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TIL that when Ellery Schempp won the landmark case which banned prayer in public schools, his high school principal wrote letters of disrecommendation to every college he applied to. He was accepted to each one.