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TIL of Perotine Guernsey, a pregnant woman burned as a heretic in 1556; during the burning she delivered her son, who was rescued from the fire only to be thrown back in by order of the magistrate.

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wn46 TIL that there was a 41 year old swedish man whose christmas tradition was to travel to a city 107 miles away from his, to then put his penis inside other peoples mail drop and yell “come and smell on a christmas sausage”
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