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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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awoAJ TIL a goat named “Big Boy” escaped from an Ohio farm and headbutted through a glass door in a local home & was found in the bathroom. Failing to get lured out by carrots, dog bone & grass, he was led out by the horns. The family's home insurance covers damage from deer & bears but not goats.
ym9w TIL the world’s largest soup kitchen is the Golden Temple, the holiest temple for Sikhs, which is located in Amritsar, Punjab, India. The Golden Temple can serve free food for up to 100,000 - 300,000 people every day, regardless of faith, religion, or background.
WAMd TIL Edgar Allan Poe’s cause of death is a mystery. A few nights before he ultimately died he was found wandering incoherently, wearing clothes that were not his own and calling out the name “Reynolds.”
EdGX TIL that mapmakers for Esso invented a fake town called Agloe, New York, as a way of catching anyone who copied their maps. The trap was ruined when county officials registered Agloe as a real town.
kkg7 TIL in 2001, the United States Court of Appeals upheld the right of Alice Randall to publish a parody of ‘Gone with the Wind’ called 'The Wind Done Gone’, which told the same story from the point of view of Scarlett O'Hara’s slaves, who were glad to be rid of her.