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TIL Margaret Thatcher had a habit of marking her territory by swinging her handbag around in meetings, leading to the term "handbagging", a term that made its way into the Oxford English Dictionary

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oRpdA TIL that a court case in Iceland involving an MMA gym and an injured patron was ruled in the gym's favor on the basis of a clause in a 13th century legal manuscript.
a8rnZ TIL For “no direction Home”. The iconic “Judas” moment And the onstage colour footage of “like a rolling stone”in Dylan’s 1966 Manchester concert, originally recorded by D. A. Pennebaker, was found in 2004 in a pile of water-damaged film recovered from Dylan’s vault.
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4kMK5 TIL the character of Dazzler from the X-Men was the creation of a partnership between Marvel and Casablanca Records. This project would've also included a film featuring comedian Rodney Dangerfield and label's acts like Kiss, Village People, Cher and Donna Summer but it was eventually shelved.