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TIL Captured British soldiers were once executed by having their mouth pried open, and peed into by village women until they drowned.

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Y7j6A TIL that the photo prank of putting two fingers up behind someone's head originally began as an insult. Once called the "Cuckhold's Horns", it initially meant to suggest that their partner was unfaithful.
v9ER TIL Garth Williams, illustrator of Stuart Little, wrote a kids book in 1958 called “The Rabbits’ Wedding”. An Alabama State Senator claimed the book was “propaganda for integration and intermarriage,” as the book featured a bunny with white fur and another with black.
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GAMyQ TIL Mahatma Gandhi said 'No' to formal clothes in 1921. After his visit to Buckingham Palace, asked if he was adequately clothed, he said, "The King was wearing enough clothes for both of us"
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