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TIL: In the middle ages a Bishop Named Gundulf built two fortresses. The Tower of London(white tower), The tower of Rochester(dark tower). J.R.R. went on to use these as inspiration for his characters and locations.

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b94Np TIL that the children of identical twins are genetically siblings rather than cousins. This is because they share 25% of their DNA. Full siblings share 50% of their DNA, half-siblings share 25%, and cousins share 12.5%. Thus, they are the genetic equivalent of half-siblings.
oRmvo TIL that on December 18,1983 when the NFL’s Baltimore Colts played their final game in Baltimore before relocating to Indianapolis (which they won 20-10 over the Houston Oilers) The visiting QB was Oliver Luck, whose son Andrew was taken number 1 overall by the Colts nearly 30 years later in 2012.
KO9VG TIL there is an very isolated island in the Pacific inhabited entirely by the descendants of a group of British sailors who mutinied against their captain in 1789, kidnapped a dozen Polynesian girls, and resolved to "run before the wind, and land upon the first island the ship drives."
gr5jA TIL there was a famous Japanese game show in which diehard baseball fan contestants were locked individually in small rooms for an entire baseball season: if their favorite team won each night they got dinner for the evening, if their team lost the lights would be turned out until the next win.
x65ww TIL, vegan horseback riding, aka hobby horsing, is a sport.