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TIL 4 Irish women barricaded themselves in their home in 2000 and starved themselves for weeks until death. In a letter found at the scene:“Our stomachs are devouring themselves … Please, please listen, none of us fore saw it could be this cruel and slow.”

X05g8 TIL that in medieval Europe, the Fashion Police were a very real thing indeed. They used to patrol the streets of Italy and enforce strict ‘sumptuary’ laws, issuing on the spot fines for over extravagance. Male offenders outnumbered female by 2:1.
VMLL4 TIL that when company CEOs like Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg took only $1 in yearly salary, it wasn't necessarily an altruistic move, but rather it is more tax-efficient (for example 35% vs. 15%) to receive compensation in ways that are taxed as "capital gains".
eplPL TIL that despite gambling being illegal in Japan, Pachinko makes up 4% of their GDP.
4l5J TIL Danielle Lierow is a girl who was severely neglected since birth, left in a dark room as a toddler, and never learned how to talk, eat, or hold a doll. She was adopted into a loving home in 2007 and in 2014 was 15 years old in high school and able to say “I love you” to her adoptive father.
k081 TIL That on this day in 1963 the US Military created an artificial ring around the earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.