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TIL July 17, 1972 saw the first two women special agents enter service at the FBI. They were Susan Roley Malone, a former US Marine, and Joanne Pierce, a former nun.

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D1GDv TIL about the Bal des Ardents, or the Ball of the Burning Men, a masquerade ball in France in 1393. During the ball, four dancers burned alive when a spectator accidentally brought a torch and set their costumes on fire.
Zpp4o TIL Dublin, Ireland, was once the Viking Kingdom of "Dyflin", founded by the Norse in the 9th century. "Dubh Linn" means "black pool" in Irish. Under their rule, Dublin became the biggest slave port in Western Europe. The last king of Dublin was killed by the Norman conquerors in 1171.
D1D5p TIL that the world uses 27,000 trees worth of toilet paper every day.
Ov54 TIL in 1998 while conservationists were repairing Benjamin franklins London home, 15 bodies were found in the basement, buried in a secret windowless room beneath the garden. It’s thought the remains are from an anatomy school run by Benjamin Franklin’s friend William Hewson
VB6Dp TIL: In 2015 Tom Selleck was sued by the Calleguas Municipal Water District for allegedly improperly transferring approximately 1.4 million gallons of water which he used to water his avocado farm. He settled the suit by paying $21,685.55.