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TIL The Leaning Tower of Pisa is slowly straightening out

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VBLep TIL That Postboxes in the UK have the sigel of the monarch that was on the throne during it's time of creation/repair. Some go back to Queen Victoria! My road's postbox was from Edward VII's reign (1901 - 1910).
woonM TIL There are about 600 castles in Wales, which works out around 1 castle per 5200 people.
wL7LW TIL that pilots taking off from aircraft carriers must keep their hands off the stick until they are fully launched off the end of the ship and in the air. This is to prevent them from intentionally diving the plane into the water due to a form of disorientation called "somatogravic illusion".
W7oyN TIL of Charley Goldman, a boxing trainer who is credited with turning Rocky Marciano from an apparently unimpressive specimen, into an undefeated world champion.
J7al TIL The Chilling Effect - If a society knows that they are constantly being monitored, it effects imagination and innovation and eventually the society reaches a point of stagnation