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TIL that in the Victorian era, people used rocking bathtubs–literally, tubs of water that could be sloshed back and forth–to recreate the feel of the ocean in their homes

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4kv9J TIL Australia has a forger on their ten dollar note.
ey45 TIL Pink Floyd guitarist turned a ‘grand houseboat’ on the River Thames into a floating recording studio called The Astoria.
PaPn TIL the native americans planted corn, beans, and squash together so that they would benefit eachother. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb. The beans provide the nitrogen to the soil that the other plants utilize, and the squash spreads along the ground preventing weeds
Jp4B TIL A research study found that Guinness tastes better in Ireland and that “This difference remained statistically significant after adjusting for researcher, pub ambience, [and] Guinness appearance.”
M7AeB TIL that the last Confederate forces surrendered six months after the Civil War ended after the captain of a rogue commerce raider, the CSS Shenandoah, circumnavigated the globe to finally hand over his ship to the mayor of Liverpool, England