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TIL of Tilly Bébé, a circus performer famous for her taming of large predators. She was small and dressed like a doll while performing with hyenas, lions and even groups of 40 polar bears. Silent footage of her life with the animals helped pioneer a new "exotic-erotic-escapist" genre of film.

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Br6W TIL that O.J. Simpson was considered for The Terminator but James Cameron “did not feel that Simpson would be believable as a killer.”
VBOQ4 TIL that John Rock, one of the creators of the contraceptive pill, was a devout Catholic
DQVvv TIL about the CSS Shenandoah, a sailing ship used by the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. She surrendered on November 6, 1865 on the River Mersey in the United Kingdom 6 months after the end of the war.
wA5P TIL the phrase “status quo” is derived from the Latin phrase “in statu quo res erant ante bellum,” meaning “in the state in which things were before the war.”
E110w TIL of the "Kiss of Deaf," aka "Reiter's Ear-Kissing Syndrome (REKS)." It's a hearing loss syndrome caused by a direct kiss in the ear, and although it's temporary, it often causes permanent partial hearing loss.