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4XX TIL A 16 year old Morocan girl committed suicide after a judge forced her to marry the man who raped her. It was to perserve the honor of her family and for the rapist to avoid prosecution (10-20 years).
oo7 TIL that a white abolitionist, who would go on to kill and terrorize slave owners across the south, uttered the phrase “by whatever means necessary” 100 years before Malcolm X used a similar phrase.
a8wa0 TIL that ephedrine, one of the main ingredients in methamphetamine, is made from ephedra, a plant which has been used in traditional medicine for over 2,000 years.
neBZd TIL that among the victims of the Concorde plane crash in 2000 was a 53 year old schoolteacher named Klaus Frentzem, who, along with his wife, had saved up for 20 years to be able to afford tickets.
woYdP TIL about Ralph C Smith, the US' last surviving WWII General, who passed away in 1998 aged 104. Not only was he the 13th person to receive a pilot's license, he was also instructed by Orville Wright.