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TIL the original Snow White(1812) included a death sentence by dancing and cannibalism. As punishment for trying to murder Snow 3 times, Snow forces the queen to dance in red hot iron shoes until she drops dead.

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YaOd TIL there is an Orthodox Jewish prayer men say in the morning thanking god for not making them a woman.
VBGeB TIL studies have found that in Africa and parts of Asia, people with schizophrenia typically report hearing kind and playful voices as opposed to the violent and cruel voices heard by those in Western societies...
pLWG TIL Two brothers once sold a fake Goya painting for €1.5 million, only to later find out that all the money was counterfeit
Oo16g TIL about an old film from 1915 called Filibus, Though Italian reviews at the time of its release were negative, Filibus has been well received by later writers and film historians, who have highlighted the film's pioneering use of lesbian attraction, genderfluidity , and science fiction motifs.
E16AP TIL that,during the Cold War, the Canadian government commissioned the creation of a device that could detect homosexuality in people in order to keep members of the LGBT community out of public service or the military.Its nickname?"Fruit Machine".