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TIL that Draconic measures mean Severe, strictly even ridiculously harsh measures.

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D195e TIL A French Embassy worker engaged in a nearly 2 decades-long relationship with a Chinese individual he thought was a female, committing espionage to secure her and their supposed child's freedom from China. The true sex--male--of the French men's lover was not revealed until their arrest.
m14JE TIL Arsenic was known to be dangerous and addictive in the Victorian Era, but small amounts in the form of edible wafers were thought to not only be safe but to help one achieve that sought-after pale complexion, giving the skin an "indescribable brilliancy" according to advertisements.
ngZr TIL that the train from Chicago to New Orleans was in 1947 three hours faster than it is today. It took 16 hours and averaged about 60 mph/100 kmh, and peaked at 100 mph/160 kmh.
xV6eB TIL that Ryan Gosling after watching "Rambo" took some knives with him to school and threw them at other children.
b9Ex9 TIL the longest published word in Turkish is muvaffakiyetsizleştiricileştiriveremeyebileceklerimizdenmişsinizcesine, which, roughly translated into English, means: "As though you are from those whom we may not be able to easily make into a maker of unsuccessful ones"