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TIL that in Soviet Russia, rebellious teenagers who mimicked the Beatles’ hair were arrested and forced to have their hair cut in police stations

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R7b04 TIL the history of Londons stretcher railings, metal fences made from WW2 stretchers once used to carry wounded civilians during the Blitz.
MeDD7 TIL in 1959, Nikita Khrushchev described Mao Zedong to a Chinese diplomat as an "old boot that needs to be thrown out". 'Old boot' in Chinese meant prostitute, which led Chinese officials to believe Mao had been insulted as an 'old whore' due to misinterpretation.
1aL4W [Today I learned] Morning wood is known as Nocturnal Penile Tumescene and full bladder can also contribute to it
B8xy TIL after learning that atoms are mostly empty space, physicist Ernest Rutherford was anxious about getting out of bed because he was scared that he might fall through the floor.
O5aR TIL that in 2009, bourbon distillery Knob Creek completely sold out of their stock. To celebrate this, they ran ads showing an empty bottle with the words “Thanks for nothing.”