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TIL that Worcestershire is pronounced “wuss-stir-sure”
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TIL the Love Shack made famous by the B-52’s in their 1989 hit song was real, its tin roof was actually rusted, but it unfortunately burned down in 2004.
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TIL that in 1995 JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter book was rejected by 12 publishing companies. And now she is the only billionaire author in the world.
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TIL that the reason the Colorado Rockies mascot is a triceratops is because a dinosaur rib bone was unearthed during the stadium’s excavation
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TIL that there is a town in West Virginia, USA named "Hundred" for centenarian Henry "Old Hundred" Church. He was a British soldier under Cornwallis who was captured and stayed in the area until his death in 1860 at 109. He was born c. 1751 and was about 25 when the DOI was signed.
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TIL Because so many people jumped off the Mapo Bridge in Seoul, Samsung paid to put up signs which would light up and greet people, hoping to deter suicide. Unfortunately, the suicide rate off the Mapo Bridge was six times higher the following year.