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TIL In 1945, a mere 5 percent of France’s homes had a private, indoor bathroom

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1aBMD TIL in the 18th century, the wealthy would keep live "garden hermits" or, people that would dress as druids and live in handmade grottos among the properties. They would be used as entertainment, could not cut their hair or nails, and were often treated as sages.
J1DZk TIL in 1991 a British man who'd been swimming in the sea with a male wild dolphin was charged with indecency and sent to Crown Court for his treatment of the dolphin. The jury unanimously declared him innocent, leading his local MP to declare: ''This is the most ridiculous case I have heard of."
VBRM4 TIL Sally Field's mother was discovered by a talent scout on a street corner and put under contract by Paramount Pictures. She starred in the 1951 sci-fi classic "The Man From Planet X" and appeared in dozens of TV shows.
WM7A TIL Dr. Dre’s son died of a heroin overdose in 2008
Je1k TIL that according to Carrie Fisher, the golden bikini in Princess Leia’s slave costume was hard plastic that didn’t move with her body, so the other actors got an eyeful. She quipped “if you stood behind me you could see straight to Florida. You’ll have to ask Boba Fett about that.”