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TIL one of the provisions of the earliest English statute is to define what it means to be a bastard.

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PXxV TIL In 1518, People “danced themselves to death” for no obvious reason in Strasbourg, France. One woman started it, and others joined her. Within a month, there were 400 people involved. Many died from pure exhaustion.
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