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TIL That Sarah Bishop an American Woman of affluence in the 18th century, was kidnapped, became a pirate and eventually died a hermit living in a cave near Salem.

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VnbG TIL Bayer sold HIV and Hepatitis C contaminated blood products which caused up to 10,000 people in the U.S. alone to contract HIV. After they found out the drug was contaminated, they pulled it off the U.S. market and sold it to countries in Asia and Latin America so they could still make money.
9Y8oM TIL of the Caterpillar Club, which consists solely of people who have jumped out of a failing airplane and survived by deploying their parachute. The club was founded by Leslie Irvin, who survived ejecting out of his plane in 1919, and every member is sent a gold caterpillar pin with amethyst eyes.
QJpkM TIL That the State Flag of Alaska was designed by a 13 year old
Jb88 TIL that the Dannebrog, the national flag of Denmark, is the oldest adopted flag still in use by a nation to this date. The flag was adopted in 1219.
NXkQe TIL that in 2009, Culture club singer Boy George was jailed for attempting to falsely imprison a male sex worker. He was handcuffed to a 'wall fixture', and beaten with a chain before managing to escape.