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TIL The UK’s internet porn filter architect was arrested on child porn offences.

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QJjOM TIL: The 4.2-kiloyear event was one of the most severe climatic events of the Holocene, which is said to have caused the decline of many civilizations from Egypt to the Indus valley.
9YeD TIL Snow White’s stepmother had to dance in hot iron shoes until she died.
dDw1r TIL when Led Zeppelin were set to perform in Denmark in 1970, Eva von Zeppelin, a relative of the Zeppelin creator, threatened to sue the band for using her family name and for the cover of the band’s debut album. To avoid any controversy, Led Zeppelin performed in Copenhagen as “The Nobs”.
5VdnP TIL about the Dancing Plague of 1518 in Strasbourg, France. Hundreds of people took to the streets dancing for days without rest, and over the period, some of those affected collapsed or even died of heart attack, stroke, or exhaustion.
x64Pk Til about snowing a bridge, the old practice of adding snow to bridges to make a smooth surface for sleighs