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TIL About Nüshu: China’s secret female-only language

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Zpl5R TIL Lenin spoke at Laura (daughter of Karl) Marx’s funeral
D1nxe TIL, the last time a Senator was expelled from the Senate was in 1862 when three senators were removed for being Confederate sympathizers
oRdmr TIL about the 1991 Andover tornado. The F4 tornado made a direct hit on McConnell AFB and narrowly missed striking 10 B-1B bombers, 2 of which were armed with nuclear weapons
jNKVp TIL Dadarao Bilhore has filled over 600 potholes in India in memory of his son who died in a pothole-caused accident. It is estimated over 15,000 people a year die to pothole accidents in India.
ep6Ak TIL that after acting as his own attorney and being found guilty, a North Carolina man appealed his conviction on the basis that he did not receive "effective assistance of counsel" (i.e. himself). His appeal was denied.