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TIL that the heart of Washington DC in the mid-19th Century was a literal open sewer

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vPB7D TIL during filming of "The Mandalorian" TV series in 2019, the crew ran out of Stormtrooper costumes. As a solution, they contacted a local Star Wars fan group who showed up in their own handmade Stormtrooper outfits to assist with filming.
EgZpX TIL that chimney sweeping in Germany is protected by a "frankly medieval" guild system. The article also talks about the sweeps' involvement in the country's dark past, the legal requirement to let sweeps in and how freelance competition provoked legal backlash (at time of publication)
OB7g TIL the TV show Mad Men sparked a 10% increase in breast implant surgery in the UK
ndR9 TIL Leonard Nimoy’s funeral was free of Westboro baptist church protesters because they couldn’t figure out the location
p8VvN TIL author Fyodor Dostoevsky was sentenced to die, led in front of a firing squad, and about to be shot to death when at the last second he was pardoned by the Tsar of Russia.