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TIL that Big Ben is leaning to one side and may eventually become unstable. 🇬🇧

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ZNrR TIL the myth that carrots improve your vision began with UK WWII propaganda. The British air force had developed new radar technology that helped them repel German bombers, but they attributed their pilots’ success to a carrot-rich diet in order to keep the technology a secret.
5VWWr TIL that in 1984, Vince Neil drove drunk and killed one man and left two others with severe brain damage. After that he headed five alcohol-based companies.
VBo70 TIL: In 1567, Hans Steininger, an Austrian politician known for his long flowing beard said to be seven feet long, died by tripping over his beard. After his death, the townspeople built him a statue and preserved his beard in glass. It is now in the District Museum Herzogsburg.
m1Zjp TIL Margaret Theresa of Spain, the main subject of Velasquez's famous "Las Meninas" painting died at the age of 21. She went through 6 pregnancies in 6 years, including 2 stillbirths and at the time of her death, she was 4 months into her 7th
yWda TIL in 1947 a man survived a botched execution by electric chair. He said that death tasted “like peanut butter” and looked a lot “like shines in a rooster’s tail.”