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TIL In 1778 there was a Doctors Riot also called the Anatomy Riot, which was caused by a reaction to physicians and medical students stealing bodies from graves, that left 20 people dead.

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V48G TIL of “fagging”, a practice in British private schools where younger students were required to act as personal servants to senior students (the fag-masters). Sexual abuse was rampant in this system.
6EbdJ TIL that Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, The Cookie Monster, Yoda and many more are voiced by the same person.
4Q5b TIL that Canada caught and removed more spies from the U.S than from any other country in the last ten years.
dln9 TIL that after instituting blind auditions, taking careful measures to avoid knowing anything about the applicants other than their musical ability, the top five orchestras in the US tripled the number of female musicians they hired.