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TIL Last invasion of UK failed when French mistook Welsh women in traditional dress for troops

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vVrL TIL on Thanksgiving (Nov. 28), Comet Ison will pass through the Sun’s atmosphere and causing it to glow as bright as the moon.
Boxd TIL that in France in the 1500s, women could charge their husbands with impotence. He would have to become erect and show he could ejaculate in a courtroom. If he failed, he could demand a Trial by Congress and attempt to have sex with his wife in front of the experts.
Dx4j TIL that a homeless woman in Calgary, Alberta found a purse with $10,400 in it and turned it into the police.
WkYZX TIL that in 2013 the Falkland Islands held a referendum about remaining British or becoming Argentinian, only 3 persons voted in favor of Argentina.
E5Nd TIL that mustard gas led to chemotherapy. During a World War II air raid, German pilots hit an American ship which had a secret stockpile of mustard gas. Doctors noticed that the gas suppressed cell division, which could fight cancer.