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TIL: Sweden made slavery illegal as early as 1337

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OGykY TIL of Francis Wharton. A British Columbia woodsman who killed a deer and made dentures of its teeth, then ate the deer using its own teeth.
P1PGL TIL The Order of the Pug was a secret society founded by Roman Catholics in mid-18th century Bavaria, In the initiation ritual the new members of the community had to wear dog collars and scratch at the door to be admitted inside.
Xm8j TIL Michael Jackson has “hundreds” of unreleased songs that were discovered in his vault after he died
R7El1 TIL from 1923 to 1969, "American" was the sole official language of Illinois.
wLPRE TIL the Tennessee Aquarium in the United States is home to an electric eel. Named Miguel Wattson, the eel's exhibit is wired to a small computer that sends out a prewritten tweet when it emits electricity at a high enough threshold.