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TIL one in three lesbian women report being sexually assaulted by another women, roughly two times higher than the national average for women.

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nW8MG TIL about Zamor, a child who was kidnapped by British slave traders and eventually sold to King Louis XV, who gifted him to a mistress. He would later turn against her during the French Revolution, before being imprisoned himself as an accomplice.
OG50R TIL Colonel Sanders and Muhammad Ali are buried at the same cemetery.
x6jPw TIL that Billy Campbell was the first choice of the producers of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” to play the role of William Riker, but lost the role to Jonathan Frakes. Campbell later guest starred on the show's 2nd season, playing the title character in "The Outrageous Okona".
ANXOn TIL That the first chocolate Advent calendar appeared in 1958, produced by a German company. In 1971 that Cadbury joined the race and launched its own version in the UK. Cadbury produced Advent calendars intermittently from 1972 to 1986, but it wasn’t until 1993 that they finally became a mainstay.
epw64 TIL that only the President, Governor, or Mayor of Washington, DC can order flags to fly at half-staff