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TIL: The Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript

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b6rGQ TIL in 1818, an Englishman accused of murder demanded a trial by combat. Surprisingly, the law that allowed for trial by combat was still valid, and the man was acquitted when his accuser declined the offer of battle. Trial by combat was abolished the following year.
69d0w TIL of the six men that played The Three Stooges... Moe, Curly, and Shemp (Howard) were real life brothers.
xVBk1 TIL that my favorite childhood villain, Ramses II from Prince of Egypt, is voiced over by Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes)
YJa7 TIL A 15 year old from Wisconsin is the first person ever to survive rabies without a shot after the doctor suggested an experiment to put her in a medically induced coma, shutting her brain down, allowing her body to fight the rabies without spreading.
e01r6 TIL that all F1 races have had the same safety car driver since the year 2000. Bernd Mayländer has driven over 700 laps total in all the F1 circuits around the world.