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TIL in 1791, France became the first West European country to decriminalize homosexual acts between consenting adults

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P1JMO TIL President Martin Van Beuren, the 8th Presisdnt of the United States, was the only US President to speak English as his second language
EgW8o TIL: The origins of modern insurance are tied to the transatlantic slave trade and the insuring of "human cargo" on slave ships.
YpZaP TIL that Hershey's Chocolate isn't legally considered chocolate in Britain, because of its low cocoa amounts.
6990W TIL Animation legend Tex Avery lost use of his left eye, after during some spitballing between animators, one took it further by using a wire paperclip which accidentally hit Avery's eye, some believe this loss gave him a unique look at animation and his bizarre directorial style
a89eL TIL of the "Skin Hunters", a group of Polish ER workers that murdered elderly people, then sold information about the deceased patients to competing funeral homes, so they could contact the relatives before other funeral homes could.