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TIL: The Original Verse in “Take Me Home, Country Roads” That Was Deemed Too Risqué for Radio Play

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4kdLb TIL By the 13th century, thou became the informal “you” and ye became the formal “you,” making it similar to the French vous/tu distinction. The separation of the two “you”s remained until at least the 17th century
P10og Today I learned pizza isn't Italian
KyZG TIL Bicycles have no speed limits in the UK, but you can get charged with ‘cycling furiously’.
Jvam TIL Jim Cummings, the voice of Winnie the Pooh, calls sick children in hospitals and talks to them in Character. “..Her mother was in tears, just crying. She said that was the first time her daughter had smiled in six months.”