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TIL about Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, who was a prominent suffragette in the United Kingdom. She was the daughter of Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of Punjab. She played a leading role in the Women's Tax Resistance League and was instrumental in winning women their right to vote.

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ANLod TIL of Cindy James, a Canadian nurse who disappeared on May 25, 1989 and was discovered 2 weeks later. Despite the autopsy stating that she died of a combined drug overdose, she had been reporting harassment from an unknown stalker for 7 years. Her cause of death was changed to an "unknown event."
k9x7 TIL On Judge Judy, there have been fabricated cases, with the aim of making money off the show. One such case occurred in 2010, with a group of friends splitting the earnings of $1250, as well as getting a $250 appearance fee each and an all expense paid vacation to Hollywood.
0N95 TIL Ed O'Neil is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
8NM4 TIL in 1988 at the height of the Iran-Iraq War, Iraq had an army of 1 million, rendering it the 4th largest army in the world.
PYQvV TIL only 12.5% of US serial killers fit the profile most often typified in media today— an intelligent, white male in his 20s.