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TIL that Sleeping Beauty was raped and gave birth to 2 children…while still asleep!!

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4XGd5 TIL that when Hurricane Ivan was in the Gulf of Mexico in 2004, pressure sensors on the ocean floor detected a freak wave 91 feet tall. Computer simulations suggested that at the storm's peak as a Category 5 it was producing waves over 130 feet high.
g0w7 TIL in 2001 Florida passed a law requiring single mothers to publish their full names and physical descriptions in a newspaper along with a list of the last 5 men they’d had sex with before they could put children up for adoption
xx9g TIL in England the street name ‘Gropecunt Lane’ was given to streets where prostitution commonly occurred.
kObw4 TIL: A bird native to Asia (Shrike) impales it’s prey before consuming it
wLvGW TIL In 1976, President Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter debated, marking the first time in US history that a president had agreed to debate and only the second time that any televised debates had been held. The sound system failed, leaving Ford and Carter standing in silence for nearly half an hour