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TIL that the last ever prisoners to be held inside the Tower Of London prison were the Kray Twins in 1952

by whatilearned June 9, 2022, 12:36 pm

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TIL Henry III received a polar bear as a gift from King Haakon of Norway in 1252. The bear lived at the Tower of London and was given a long leash so it could swim in the river Thames and catch fish.

by whatilearned June 3, 2022, 10:49 pm

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TIL Charles Whitman, the UT Tower shooter in 1966, had a glioblastoma brain tumor that could have (but not with certainty) explained his actions in murdering his wife and mom, and shooting/killing dozens of people at UT.

by whatilearned May 30, 2022, 3:38 am

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TIL one of the first casualties in the construction of the Hoover dam was John Tierney, who drowned on December 20, 1921. Then exactly 14 years later on December 20, 1935, the job site suffered its last fatality when a worker fell off an intake tower. That man was Patrick Tierney, John‘s only son.

by whatilearned May 27, 2022, 2:22 pm

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TIL about the Pirate Tower of Victoria Beach, a stone tower located near Laguna Beach CA. One of its owners, a retired sea captain used to dress up like a pirate and hold scavenger hunts for local children leading to legends that he had hidden his money somewhere in the tower.

by whatilearned May 16, 2022, 10:38 am

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TIL that director Christopher Nolan’s brother Matthew was alleged to be a contract killer who kidnapped and tortured an accountant to death in Costa Rica. While being held in a secure prison tower in Chicago, Matthew concocted an elaborate escape attempt using a razor, a harness, and a 31-foot rope.

by whatilearned May 15, 2022, 8:56 pm

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Eiffel Tower sized dick isn’t really enough to fuck earth

by CopyPastaArchive May 8, 2022, 10:42 am

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I pray my dick get big as the Eiffel Tower

by CopyPastaArchive May 8, 2022, 1:19 am

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TIL about Ron Clifford, a man who survived the 9/11 attacks after his business meeting was moved to the World Trade Center. In a tragic coincidence, Ron’s sister Ruth and her 4-year old daughter Juliana were both on American Airlines Flight 175, the plane that hit the South Tower.

by whatilearned April 30, 2022, 2:47 am

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TIL that Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh had originally selected TCBY Tower (now Simmons Bank Tower) in Little Rock, Arkansas, as a possible bombing location, but changed his plans due to a florist shop on the first floor of the tower.

by whatilearned April 23, 2022, 12:50 pm

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TIL that ridiculously high platform shoes were worn by women during the middle ages. Up to 20″ tall, they allowed powerful women to tower over underlings. Venice had to pass laws limiting them to 3 inches due to injuries.

by whatilearned April 13, 2022, 11:03 pm

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TIL in 1952, a bus driver (Albert Gunter) was driving over Tower Bridge, when to his surprise, the bridge started opening. The double – decker bus was at the edge of the south bascule when it started rising. He made a split decision and accelerated clearing the 6ft drop. Later receiving a £10 bonus

by whatilearned April 9, 2022, 9:04 am

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