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TIL that Rasputin’s causes of death are mostly myths: He didn’t drown and wasn’t poisoned, either.

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E1Z8p TIL that in Roman-era Marseilles people who wanted to kill themselves applied to the Senate, and if their reasons were judged sufficient they were given free hemlock to do so
Z8MBG TIL that Gordon Ramsay was covered in gasoline and held at gunpoint in Costa Rica while he was investigating illegal shark fin trading for a TV show
moKp TIL there is a bridge made of grass in Peru that was originally built 500 years ago and is rebuilt every June
R784 TIL That Vermont was its own republic from 1777 to 1791. It applied to join the US and was denied, then tried to join Quebec and failed. They were finally accepted as the 14th State in 1791.
bnl7 Today I learned that when the President is unmarried or his wife dies during his term, another female relative will become the First Lady. Three president’s daughters, two president’s sisters, two nieces and two daughters-in-law have been First Lady.