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TIL states that passed laws allowing a married person to seek a divorce without the consent of their spouse saw female suicide decline by 20 percent

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Me1jm TIL The Hunchback of Notre-Dame was written by Victor Hugo as part of a campaign to preserve Gothic Architecture around Paris. Prior to the novel, the cathedral was in bad shape and at risk of eventual demolition. As a result of tourism from the book, Paris started restoration work instead.
nypG TIL that Christian Atheists, who don’t believe in God but follow the teachings of Jesus.
BOOK TIL that cheetahs were nearly exhausted by the last ice-age, and all modern cheetahs are descended from a small portion of the surviving cats that interbred to maintain their species. Due to this, cheetahs are almost genetic clones of one another.
v1kMR TIL Jimi Hendrix, one of the most influential guitarists of all time,was technically a"One-Hit Wonder"
lPo5 TIL New York Times Reporter William Seabrook, in the interests of research, obtained a chunk of human meat from the body of a healthy human killed in an accident, then cooked and ate it. He reported, “It was like good, fully developed veal, not young, but not yet beef.