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TIL In Switzerland, it’s illegal to own just one guinea pig because they’re prone to loneliness

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rNlj1 TIL when were less than 5,000 Europeans in the large Louisiana area of New France before 1724, hundreds of good women, and also separately hundreds of criminal women were sent to Louisiana because of a shortage of women.
bP0E TIL that before becoming a best-selling true crime author, Ann Rule worked side-by-side and alone with psychopathic serial killer Ted Bundy during the night shift at a suicide prevention hotline. While still working together, she began writing about the unsolved murders in the area.
XERK8 TIL Researchers have developed a self-cleaning surface which uses nano-scale surface engineering and chemistry. It can repel/prevent the transfer of antibiotic-resistant superbugs and other bacteria. The material can be shrink-wrapped onto door handles, railings, and other surfaces
RdB6 TIL that while the Magna Carta is considered a foundation of English Law and an inspiration for personal liberty law around the world, only 3 of its 63 articles are still in effect.
LkOXv TIL when Spielberg showed John Williams the a cut of ‘Schindler’s List,’ the composer became so moved that he could barely speak and had to step out for a few minutes. When he returned, he told Spielberg the film deserved a better composer to which Spielberg replied, “I know, but they’re all dead.”