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TIL certain exclusive night clubs implement a 'face control' policy. If you don't meet their beauty standards, you get rejected with "tonight there is a private party."

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Z9rD TIL that in 2010 in the United States, 3 out of every 5 people who died from gunshot wounds took their own life
5Y7Z8 TIL in 1971 a woman asked a judge to sterilize her “somewhat retarded” 15-year old daughter without her knowledge, which he granted that day without a hearing. She later sued him, but it was ruled he was immune because he ordered it as a judicial function, even though he ignored due process.
4XRVR TIL according to studies, when men and women are "just friends", on average men think the woman is still romantically interested in them, and on average women think the men are strictly just friends.
Meg1V TIL in 378BC, 30K Spartans invaded Thebes and were met by 20K Athenians deployed on an open hill. When the armies reached 200m apart, the Athenian general ordered his men to stand at ease (spears up, shields down) which they did with such precision and confidence as to cause the Spartans to retreat.
6E61l TIL The only real world example of sky pirates happened in 1917 when a Norwegian ship was captured by a German raiding party who boarded and seized the ship from a Zeppelin.