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TIL “Turning a blind eye” is thought to come from Admiral Horatio Nelson disobeying an order to withdraw during a naval battle; allegedly putting a telescope to his blind eye & saying “You know, Foley, I have only one eye - and I have a right to be blind sometimes. I really do not see the signal.”

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xDEg TIL pronunciation of the letter “H” as either “haytch” or “aytch” was a sign of what religion you belonged to in Ireland (Catholic vs Protestant respectively)
GGbg TIL the “perfect Aryan baby” chosen by Goebbels and widely circulated in mid-1930s Nazi propaganda was later found to be Jewish
9YoJm TIL about "exploding caskets" being a problem in mausoleums. The process of decay builds up gasses that can cause a literal explosion and knock down the marble front of a crypt.
yQDkX TIL Rideau Hall is the largest official residence in Canada’s Capital Region and the only one open to visitors. In 1864, Rideau Hall was inadequate in many ways, being small and distant from central Ottawa but it was leased anyway, as “temporary” quarters
AD0md TIL Kodak discovered the US was testing atomic bombs because the corn husks used for packing material were fogging film because they had been exposed to radiation.