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TIL 1820s movie audiences were 80% women

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rDAo TIL that people born on the island of Bali, Indonesia are traditionally given one of four names based on their birth order within the family. The first child is called ‘oldest’, the second 'middle’, etc. The cycle repeats itself after the fourth, where the fifth child is called 'oldest again’.
OGLL4 TIL sphynx cats were developed from cats with genetic mutations after 1960s
ROa1 TIL Stone castles were very, very effective against the Mongols. They sustained heavy casualties trying, but were never able to take a single one in two invasions of Hungary.
R5kMj TIL about space junk collectors
W79Xd TIL Marthe Cnockaert was Mentioned in Dispatches, awarded Legions of Honour and the Iron Cross for her WW1 service. The Iron Cross was for medical services to Germans while the others were for Allies spy work. Cnockaert was captured but not executed because of her Iron Cross, she survived the war.