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TIL in the 17th century, courting teenage couples were tied into thick sacks called bundling bags and left to spend the night together chastely in the same bed

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4ZdR TIL - The Thing (2011 prequel) was originally going to have practical effects for the Thing, almost all of which were replaced due to studio interference as being “too 80s”
nejkW TIL one of the most brutal prisons in the US was Angola, Louisiana, which was run like a plantation. In the 1930s, hardened prisoners broke down upon learning of their sentence there. At one point, 10% of Angola prisoners were stabbed.
QNGwX TIL about “Dancing Mania”, a social phenomenon in Europe which involved outbreaks of up to thousands of people dancing erratically. Participants suddenly became violent at the color red, and would sometimes dance for days, or even to death.
WkDL TIL United States citizens can request that the White House send a greeting for a wedding, birth, anniversaries, and other milestones… for free!
nw7Y TIL that a woman driving to Dave Matthews concert stopped to help a stranded cyclist who turned out to be Dave Matthews himself.