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nWPer TIL a woman in Australia would leave her house at night while sleepwalking and have sex with strangers. She was completely unaware of it until her partner became suspicious and found her engaged in the act. She was eventually diagnosed with 'sleep sex' and successfully treated with psychotherapy.
OGK74 TIL that Venetia Phair, the first person to suggest the name Pluto for the dwarf planet in 1930, was still alive when it was declared a dwarf planet in 2006. When asked about it, she stated that “At my age, I've been largely indifferent, though I suppose I would prefer it to remain a planet.”
j6Qxj TIL in 2009 Canadian transport minister John Baird sent a text saying “Thatcher has died”. This information soon reached Canadian PM Stephen Harper with officials making multiple calls to Downing Street and Buckingham Palace before it was later confirmed that Thatcher was the name of Baird’s cat.