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TIL Queen Elizabeth’s coronation in 1953 was filmed in 3D.

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46K6 TIL Donated Bibles were sent to Romania and subsequently pulped into TP because there was a toilet paper shortage.
OMvY TIL that in Germany it is not illegal to attemp a prison escape. The reason is because they believe it is “basic human instinct” to want to be free, and should therefore not be punished.
7rJZr TIL after spending the best part of 60 years in prison, mob boss John Franzese was finally released in 2017 at the age of 100, at the time he was the oldest inmate in the US and the only centenarian in prison
6nnm TIL of Lake McDonald where the water is clear and the bed is covered with multi - colored pebbles made of clay containing iron. (pics and article)
awkx9 TIL child prodigy who went to Oxford at age 13, went on later to work as a call girl.