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TIL that the original manuscript of "120 Days of Sodom" was lost in the storming of the Bastille. Sade believed the work was lost forever and later wrote that he "wept tears of blood" over its loss.

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l6Xr TIL Judit Polgár, the strongest female chess player of all time, was part of an education experiment carried out by their father László Polgár, in an attempt to prove that children could make exceptional achievements if trained in a specialist subject from a very early age
Ae57 TIL: When children are vaccinated against measles, their risk of dying from other infectious diseases falls by half. Scientists believe this is because catching the measles can weaken your immune system for years.
ZpYDD TIL the Inca Empire had a messenger system so fast it could deliver a message over 300 km (190 miles) in a single day, thanks to a network of elite runners known as "chasquis". It was so efficient that even in Cuzco, hundreds of km away from the sea, the Inca ruler could enjoy fresh fish
m1OoO TIL Being overweight or obese appears to have a positive relationship with depression and depression-like symptoms for each gender and race. Similarly, individuals who report having depression-like symptoms are likely to be overweight or obese.
RD1 TIL Doctor Seuss’s first book took 27 publisher rejections before it finally found a taker, Chicken Soup for the Soul was passed on by over 100, A Time to Kill by 26, and George Orwell was told Animal Farm would never sell because “it is impossible to sell animal stories in the U.S.”