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TIL that despite being besieged virtually continuously through more than three years of civil war, Plymouth never fell to the enemy.

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Oxoa TIL that Dr. Hutchinson in “Rocko’s Modern Life” was created because Nickelodeon wanted a positive female character with a strong hook. So they created one with a REAL HOOK for a hand.
1aNlO TIL that Nellie Bly, the author of the famous exposé Ten Days in a Mad-House, wrote 11 novels that were thought to be lost to time until they were rediscovered and published earlier this year.
epO9J TIL About the Solar gravitational lens, where in deep space you can use the Sun as a telescope lens.
RoD6 TIL that the first looping “roller coaster” was tested with sandbags, monkeys, flowers, eggs and glasses of water before allowing humans on.
PYrRE TIL there is a sound frequency that is said to induce a feeling of fear even when it is inaudible.