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TIL gossiping women or those who were accused of witchcraft were made to wear an iron muzzle in medival England.

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6DwY TIL “Cowabunga” was originally a nonsense word used by Chief Thundercloud on “The Howdy Doody Show” in the early ‘50s. It was then adopted for use by surfers and later on, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Bart Simpson.
d8J7Q TIL Between 1989-1992, comedian John Candy had a 40 episode cartoon called Camp Candy, starring as the animated version of himself.
E1G8d TIL Daniel Kish is a blind man who taught himself to navigate by echolocation (like bats) by making swift clicking sounds that reflected from objects around him. Using these reflected sounds, he makes a mental image of his surroundings. He now trains others to 'see' the world like he does.
GA45G TIL: After Chris Benoit's double murder and suicide in 2007, doctors found that his brain was so severely damaged it resembled the brain of an 85-year-old Alzheimer's patient at only age 40, thus explaining his erratic behavior and mental state
NGkN TIL In Ohio, It is illegal for foster parents to make their children who are of the opposite sex to share the same room.