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TIL “Game of Thrones” actor Kit Harington’s ancestor invented the first flushing toilet for Queen Elizabeth I, called the “John Harington.” It was later just referred to as “the john.”

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bAdj TIL in 2009 CD Singles sales ‘officially’ died when Florence and the Machine charted at number 16 in the UK after selling a whopping 64 physical copies of their single
ADVAw TIL: Getting teenage "groopie" nookie is why most musicians get on stage, said the legendary JOHN LENNON of THE BEATLES, "we're not getting on stage to have a card game." (Also, the stage crew gets more "action" than the actual band, due to their social-gatekeeping role.)
x6E8D TIL that USAF pilot Thomas Mantell was the first person killed in a UFO pursuit.
gM4WA TIL in Luxembourg, for the first 4 years of school, Luxembourgish is the medium of instruction, before giving way to German, which in turn gives way to French. Similarly, in the pаrliament, debates are conducted in Luxembourgish, legislation is drafted in German, and the statute laws are in French
e0bd6 TIL: Nuclear bombers sometimes were painted with "ANTI-FLASH WHITE" (also called blast white or atomic white) to deflect some thermal radiation from their bombs' nuclear explosions. (Shiny silvery surfaces can have similar effect.)