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TIL four hours after a pregnant woman was tried and hanged by the courts of the Spanish Inquisition, and while the body still hung by the neck, two dead infants were seen to fall free of the body.

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xVeLb TIL the first woman elected to Congress voted against entering World War I in 1917, causing her to lose reelection in 1918. Elected again in 1940, she voted against entering World War II in 1941. Following the vote, she was forced to shelter in a phone booth while awaiting police escort.
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0dAEj TIL Cal Polytechnic placed a commemorative plaque at the bathroom where “Weird Al” Yankovic recorded his breakthrough song “My Bologna” in 1979. It is humorously known as “Studio 229.”