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TIL Victorians sent "Vinegar Valentines" which contained anti-love messages, caricatures, insulting poems and cost the recipient 1 penny to read.

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a8MBZ TIL about the Tartarian Empire theory, which posits that Tartary– an archaic European phrase for Asia– was actually an advanced lost civilization that was wiped out via global "mud floods." Historical architecture across the world is claimed to represent remnants of the empire.
vvG8 TIL American taxpayers spent $32b in 2011 on companies that operate for-profit colleges, but most students leave without a degree, half of those within four months. There is reported “exorbitant tuition, aggressive recruiting practices, and taxpayer dollars spent on marketing and pocketed as profit”
QJ0vd TIL Thurgood Marshall, the first black Supreme Court Justice, liked to poke fun at his conservative colleagues. He would greet the Chief Justice with "What's shakin', Chiefy Baby?"
P1LKn TIL in 2005 Gary Beach became the first artist to play the same part on Broadway and in movie theatres at the same time after returning to his stage role as Roger De Bris while The Producers movie was in release
wLW8E TIL John Gavin, who played Samuel Loomis in the 1960 film "Psycho", was unable to reprise his role in "Psycho II" after being appointed U.S. Ambassador to Mexico on June 5, 1981, by President Ronald Reagan. Thus, his character was made a widow of Lila Loomis (played by Vera Miles) in the sequel.