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TIL that in the original story, Sleeping Beauty was raped by the prince.

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941r TIL that according to the ‘Copyright Act 1911’ The British Library must receive a copy of every item published or distributed in the United Kingdom (including pamphlets, magazines, newspapers, sheet music and maps) in a practice know as 'legal deposit’, which can be traced back to at least 1610.
epEyE TIL Coriander and Cilantro are the same plant.
OMBL TIL that That 70s Show was remade into the British show “Days like These” with almost verbatim scripts. After it failed, the network just ran reruns of That 70s Show.
DQNrJ TIL childhood classic ‘Goodnight Moon’ was inspired by a stormy lesbian romance
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