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TIL that Mark Twain hated Jane Austen's books and summarized his opinion of her by saying "every time I read Pride and Prejudice I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin bone!”

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M4x0 TIL the average house in the US is almost 3 times bigger than the average house in the UK
KYy1w TIL John McTiernan, director of Die Hard, Predator, and The Hunt for Red October, served a year in federal prison for a wiretapping scandal around the awful movie Rollerball and he has not made a movie since 2003
QJGV6 TIL there is no such thing as premium vodka, at least in the USA. Title 27, Section 5.22 of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Code says that vodka must be distilled or treated until it is, quote, "without distinctive character, aroma, taste or color." If it has any distinction, its not Vodka.
N7wQ TIL that in Nordic countries, the client, not the prostitute, is guilty of the crime.
OGagg TIL In the early 1900s you could buy Ponds medicated tampons that were soaked in opium and belladonna to relieve cramps and menstrual pains. There are artifacts in the Pharmacy Museum in New Orleans.