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TIL that for Jewish writers in the classical world, Egypt was viewed as a country where lesbians were stereotypically common. While male homosexuality was ascribed to Sodom and Gomorrah, Maimonides described lesbianism as the "acts of Egypt."

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B9ED TIL Stan Lee planned on quitting the comic book industry, until his wife Joan told him to write the type of characters he wanted to for his last project. The result was the Fantastic Four, which created a more humanly flawed type of superhero.
BrKJK TIL from 1917 and 1926, 4,000 workers were told that the luminous paint (radium) used for watch dials was harmless, and were encouraged to lick their brushes to form a fine point. These “radium girls" experienced gruesome effects. Radiation could even be detected above their graves.
8aloV TIL: Food Allergies are now 2-3 times higher compared to 1997. We have also seen diagnosed anaphylactic (life threatening) food reactions rise 377 percent from 2007 to 2016. As of 2011, one out of thirteen kids have a food allergy. To this day, scientists are still dumbfounded over this epidemic.
mOLP TIL that a civil jury found found that Martin Luther King, Jr. had been the victim of assassination by a conspiracy involving the Memphis police as well as federal agencies. The King family sought a mere $100 in restitution to show that they were not pursuing the case for financial gain.
EgoZ7 TIL Julius Caesar, kidnapped by pirates, demanded they increase his ransom. After his release, he captured and crucified them, fulfilling his promise made during captivity.