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TIL in 1901 two lesbians fooled Spain's Catholic Church into marrying them when one dressed as a man.

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bxx0 TIL of Draco, the Ancient Greek legislator who wrote the first code of law in Athens. Over time his laws were seen as increasingly harsh and punitive, which is why we say a law is “draconian” when the punishment is too extreme for the crime.