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TIL Marilyn Monroe published an article in 1953 called "Wolves I Have Known", detailing the creepy harassment she received from photographers, producers and screen writers who tried to take advantage of new and aspiring actresses

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d8D8 TIL hemophilia is prominent in European royalty, because royal families engaged in copious amounts of incest, spreading the hemophilia gene
9wMYm TIL average onset of menstruation for girls in 1840 was age 17. In 2000 it was 12 years old.
GYLMQ TIL: A survey in 1577 of drinking establishment in England and Wales for taxation purposes recorded 14,202 alehouses, 1,631 inns, and 329 taverns, representing one pub for every 187 people.
9aNM TIL rats will work to free a trapped pal empathetically and altruistically even when there’s a tempting little pile of chocolate chips nearby
N7MAE TIL that Jackie Chan, starred in a porn movie in 1975 during his early career struggle. Not only was he in a porn movie, but it remains to this day the only movie he has ever been involved with that doesn’t include a fight scene or a stunt sequence.