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TIL that many scholars believe that nursery rhyme "Ring around the Rosie" is written about the symptoms of Black Death, the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history.

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mx4vP TIL on January 22, 1943 in Spearfish, South Dakota, the temperature rose from -4 at 7:32 a.m. to 45 degrees–a rise of 49 degrees—in just two minutes. A couple of hours later, it plunged from 54 back to -4 degrees–a change of 58 degrees in 27 minutes
epgxJ TIL that the British Board of Film Classification, who give out ratings for films released in the UK, used to have an "H" rating, meaning "Horriffic", from 1932-1951. This rating was meant to be used for horror films released in the country.
p856e TIL t-shirts developed from workers cutting jumpsuits in half to stay cool, they were originally marketed as "bachelor undershirts", and F Scott Fitzgerald was the first person to use t-shirt in writing.
Yp9DW TIL: Someone hacked into a cable broadcast in Chicago in 1987 wearing a “Max Headroom” mask. Over 30 years later, the hacker still hasn’t been identified.
womDJ TIL that as the USS Franklin was returning to Pearl Harbor for repairs after surviving multiple kamikaze hits, the captain refused to allow the harbor pilot to dock the aircraft carrier, wanting to do it himself. He proceeded to immediately crash the ship into the dock.