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TIL that the actress who played "the Unknown" in Willy's chocolate experience was asked by London Dungeons to reprise her role at their attraction.

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78ZD7 TIL that the British won a significant naval victory after the Battle of Yorktown in the Caribbean, called the Battle of the Saintes, which returned their advantage at sea. This had a major impact on the post-American Revolution peace treaty giving the British much better terms.
P1mKZ TIL there are funeral services for animals, and you can choose whether you want the Christian or Buddhism style of the funeral
Gow1 TIL there was a dial-up online gaming service for Sega Saturn that you accessed through a 28.8 modem cartridge that plugged into a phone line. There were no servers; to play against someone, your Sega called their Sega.
eGvb TIL that Benjamin Lay was an 18th century Quaker vegetarian abolitionist who once kidnapped the child of slaveholders temporarily, to show them how Africans felt when their relatives were sold overseas
pY6rp TIL a pilot named Tim Lancaster was sucked out of a plane in midair. His knees where caught on the flight controls, preventing him from falling to his death. He survived the whole incident.