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TIL There are about 600 castles in Wales, which works out around 1 castle per 5200 people.

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n8kr TIL A 17 yr old girl was the sole survivor of an airplane that was struck by lightning. While still strapped to her seat, she fell 2 miles (3km) from the aircraft and landed down into the Amazon rainforest, where she trekked through the jungle for 10 days until she was rescued by local lumbermen.
w0GE TIL on 1st April,2008 Youtube rickrolled its viewers by redirecting every featured front page video to the original song video, ‘Never gonna give you up’
ayJ0 TIL Massachusetts guaranteed access to all public schools to every child in 1845, after a group of black whalers from Nantucket, accustomed to the relative equality they had on whaling ships, began a boycott and petition campaign.
Z8EX4 TIL Quincy Jones successfully sued Michael Jackson's estate based on expert testimony that was immediately expunged from the record.
DQx1e TIL Tomato sauce (marinara) wasn’t invented until circa 16th century when explorers introduced tomatoes to Europe and southern Italy