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TIL that the Illuminati was originally formed to oppose superstition, prejudice, religious influence over public life, abuses of state power, and to support women’s education and gender equality.

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69bDZ TIL sick Crimean War soldiers first called Florence Nightingale “The Lady with the Hammer” for breaking into locked storage cabinets for medicine, but a journalist found it unladylike and popularized her enduring title, “The Lady with the Lamp” instead.
a9Ob TIL our universe might be so small and insignificant in the grand scheme of things, that it’s hidden inside the black hole of another universe, totally unbeknownst to theoretical sentient beings in that universe.
K01J TIL since Hershey changed their formula to no longer include cocoa butter, they are legally prevented from labeling some of their candies as having “Milk Chocolate”, and must instead say they are “chocolate candy,” “made with chocolate” or “chocolatey.”
nbJd TIL that the 1940’s actress Gene Tierney had a child born deaf and developmentally disabled because Tierney contracted Rubella during her pregnancy from a fan who broke a Rubella quarantine and came in contact with her.
168JV TIL a 6-year-old boy's family reportedly staged his kidnapping in order to scare him because he was "too nice" to strangers. His aunt's co-worker lured to him to his truck, told him he'd never "see his mommy again" & showed him a gun. After 4 hours, his family then lectured him about stranger danger