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TIL In 1971, Wilt Chamberlain Challenged Muhammad Ali to a Boxing Match

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OGxO4 TIL: Rachel Wall was the last woman to be hanged in MA in the 1700s. She tricked sailors by screaming for help, when people came to help, her crew would kill them and steal their goods. She was later arrested for trying to rip a girl's tongue out and theft. She requested to be tried as a pirate.
r6O1 TIL that during WWII ‘Trophy Taking’ of Japanese skulls & other body parts by US soldiers was so prevalent that when Japanese soldiers’ remains were repatriated from the Mariana Islands 60% were missing their skulls. FDR was even given a letter-opener made from a Japanese soldier’s arm.
WM4L TIL Smell is copyrightable, including soaps, perfume, and cologne.
mxwdp TIL children in Singapore are required to learn English along with the language of their registered ethnicity: Mandarin, Malay or Tamil
m1pyY TIL The first $1 notes (called United States Notes or "Legal Tenders") were issued by the federal government in 1862 and featured a portrait of Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase (1861-1864).