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TIL that Halloween in early 19th Century America was a night of pranks, tricks, illusions and anarchy.

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LkAMr TIL, entrepreneur Suzanne Ciani was the first female to have a voice on a pinball game, specifically Xenon, through a vocoder, and was even inducted into The Pinball Expo Hall of Fame in 2013 for that work of hers.
BrWYL TIL when a perfume heiress disappeared in New York, her wealthy family didn’t report her missing because they worried it would bring them unwanted attention and tarnish their reputation. She still remains missing today.
eNj4 TIL when we look at a smiley face online, the same very specific parts of the brain are activated as when we look at a real human face
e0kJL TIL that in 1905 the Welsh rugby team responded to the traditional New Zealand pre-match haka by singing. Within seconds the 40,000 capacity crowd joined the players in song. The tradition of singing anthems before international fixtures had been invented.
GPAQ TIL Robert H Richards IV, the wealthy heir to the Du Pont fortune, was convicted of raping his toddler daughter but was never imprisoned as he would “not fare well” in jail