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TIL that one of the original “triggered feminist” women was actually not triggered at all

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Br9xe TIL In 1988 Nancy Knight, a scientist at the National Center for Atmosphere Research in Boulder, Colorado, USA, found two identical snowflakes.
oR75r TIL in 1731, Prince Frederick, the heir to British throne, pseudonymously wrote a comedic play and had it staged at the Drury Lane Theatre. It was so bad, the theatre owner had soldiers stationed in the audience to maintain order and provided refunds at the end of the night.
N76P6 TIL Bill Murray closed his deal on Meatballs the day before it started shooting and routinely ignored the script. His first day, he improvised his way through a scene where he’s introducing all the counselors-in-training – he showed up, read the pages and threw them away, saying, “I got this.”
MebL0 TIL that Yakov Kreizer was the first Soviet general awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union title during World War II
wL0vM TIL the famine in China during the 1958-1962 Great Leap Forward was so bad there were several cases of cannibalism ocurring