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TIL the Hogwarts Express train in Harry Potter ACTUALLY exists in real life

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epEwL TIL Elizabeth Short’s (the Black Dahlia) mother found out she’d been murdered when a reporter called her and said her daughter won a beauty contest. The reporter then proceeded to get a bunch of information about Elizabeth before telling her mother she'd been brutally murdered and hanging up.
GYNb7 TIL about Florida's notorious, state-run institution, Dozier School For Boys. Some 81 boys are known to have died there and that after the closing and demolition of the century old establishment, excavation crews uncovered the remains of 50+ students.
opKr TIL the Kurdish fighting group, Peshmerga, literally mean “He who faces death” and they often inspire kurdish youth through their bravery and fighting origins.
wLEmo TIL that the Monty Python crew sued ABC for editing and censoring the first appearance of Flying Circus on US network television without consent. They demended that the showing be canceled and taken off the air, but a judge ruled that ABC could play the show as long as it included a disclaimer.
Lk77p TIL that many of the songs by the band Phish take place in Gamehenge and there is a story that connects the songs.