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TIL that, after she wanted to marry a lawyer whom her mother disapproved of, Blanche Monnier was locked by her mother in her room for 25 years--being discovered and rescued by the police in 1901.

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Nok6 TIL that the first recorded utterance attributable to a native of Scotland was made when a Roman lady criticized the sexual morals of Caledonian women, and a Caledonian woman replied: “We consort openly with the best of men while you allow yourselves to be debauched in private by the worst”
LkApd TIL about Khanzir, the only pig in Afghanistan
ow67 TIL In-N-Out Burger prints discreet references to Bible verses on their paper containers. These consist of the book, chapter, and number of the verse, not the text of the passage, in small print on an inconspicuous area of the item. The practice began in the 1980s.
LVgr TIL that a 28-year-old demolition worker attempted to commit suicide by washing down nitroglycerine pills with vodka then he tried to explode the nitroglycerine by repeatedly ramming himself into a wall.
oR5oE TIL, the chainsaw was originally invented for use in childbirth, specifically for a procedure called symphysiotomy, which involved widening the pelvis to facilitate delivery