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TIL South Dakota was the divorce capitol of the US in the late 19th century because of lenient laws, and the state government didn’t like it

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gMLXy TIL that teppanyaki is not a traditional Japanese method of cooking and dates back only to 1945, when the first teppanyaki steakhouse opened in Japan.
KYEr6 TIL the SL-1 was the only reactor accident in U.S. history which resulted in immediate fatalities, killing 3 military operators in 1961, pinning one of them to the ceiling.
GAexg TIL on average, women who are raised without a father experience puberty 3 months earlier.
xV90 TIL that President Harding served bootleg liquor to his guests in the White House during Prohibition, after he voted for it as a senator
K7vE TIL that in 1774 two London doctors formed an institution to treat drowning victims. One treatment used: Smoke Enemas. Volunteer medical assistants (called ‘Pipe Smoker London Medics’) inserted an enema tube with rubber tubing attachments into the victim and blew smoke into the rectum.