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TIL A traditional marriage custom in Congo forbids the bride and the groom from smiling during their entire wedding day.

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6EYll TIL of the murder of Emmett Till and that the two men accused of his murder and were acquitted, then admitted to the murder but were protected by the Double Jeopardy laws.
oWjA TIL a Rhode Island woman attempted to sue her husband for slander after he called her a whore in a crowded restaurant. After being presented evidence, the judge officially ruled that the husband’s statement was accurate. She then appealed to the Supreme Court, only to have that judge agree as well.
X0BY6 TIL that in 2023 actress Olivia Hussey and her Costar Leonard Whiting sued Paramount for 500 million dollars, alleging that Romeo and Juliet, filmed 55 years previously, was child pornography.
VWkk TIL When someone gets a kidney transplant the old kidney isn’t removed, it remains in the body.
JYD41 TIL during the Battle of the Wilderness, a fistfight between a Union and Confederate soldier caused a ceasefire, as both sides stopped fighting to watch the scuffle. The Union soldier lost and was taken prisoner. The battle then resumed.