Madhi19 Reddit new post madhi19 on TIL that 8 people were killed in what became known as the London Beer Flood after 1,470,000 L of beer burst out of brewery and gushed into the streets; 200 years ago today on October 17 1814

The International Date Line (IDL) is an imaginary line on the surface of the Earth that runs from the north to the south pole and demarcates backward calendar day from the next.

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