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TIL that after leaving the White House, Harry Truman was pulled over on the Pennsylvania Turnpike for driving too slowly in the passing lane

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R7Z01 TIL in fourth and fifth century BC Athens, a possible punishment for adultery was Rhaphanidosis: sodomy with a large black radish.
e05l6 TIL in 1980 the US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the Sioux Nation had been deprived of rights granted in Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868. The Sioux rejected the decision⁠—monetary compensation was not enough
vPymK TIL about the Straw Hat Riot of 1922 in NYC due to taunting people who had failed to stop wearing straw hats after autumn began
GmMN TIL a 2006 study at McGill University found that women watching sexual imagery reach physical arousal as quickly as men and are sexually aroused by a greater range of images than men
DLpe TIL that from 1661 until 1911, the English monarchy did not own the gems in the crown used for coronation ceremonies. They were hired each time, then detached afterwards.