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TIL each state is allowed to donate two statues to be displayed in the US Capitol Building to honor persons notable in their history

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Wke6B TIL the clavicle (aka the collar bone) is the most commonly fractured bone.
JP94 TIL Jeanne de Clisson, a Frenchwoman whose husband was beheaded for treason, swore revenge and sold her family lands to buy 3 warships. For the next 13 years she went on a pirating binge, targeting King Philip VI’s ships, & personally beheading French noblemen she captured with an axe.
oBo6K TIL that females ejaculate a semen-like substance during sex.
9YKvX TIL The reason for Corona's unique smell is due primarily to the clear bottles, as they do not inhibit photo-oxidation as well as amber glass.
wo61M TIL about Oradour-sur-Glane, a French village where Nazi troops massacred its 643 inhabitants as collective punishment for Résistance activity. Women and children were burned alive in a church, while men were taken to barns, shot in the legs and set on fire as well.